On Mon, Mar 2, 2026 at 7:15 AM Jeevan via lists.openembedded.org <j-sahu=
[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 2, 2026 at 08:27 PM, Khem Raj wrote:
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2026 at 6:47 AM Jeevan via lists.openembedded.org <j-sahu=
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> The NEON SIMD fast path in the bundled llhttp calls
>> __builtin_ctzll(match_mask) without checking if match_mask is zero.
>> When all 16 bytes in a NEON register are valid header value characters,
>> match_mask is 0. Calling __builtin_ctzll(0) is undefined behavior.
>>
>> GCC at -O2 exploits this by optimizing "if (match_len != 16)" to
>> always-true, causing HTTP 400 Bad Request for any header value longer
>> than 16 characters on ARM targets with NEON enabled.
>>
>> Fix by explicitly checking for match_mask == 0 and setting
>> match_len = 16. This bug affects both aarch64 and armv7 NEON targets.
>>
>> The code this patch modifies is generated, so the patch itself isn't
>> suitable for upstream submission, as the root cause of the error is
>> in the generator itself. The fix has been merged upstream[1] in
>> llparse 7.3.1 and is included in llhttp 9.3.1. This patch can be
>> dropped when nodejs updates its bundled llhttp to >= 9.3.1.
>>
>> [1]: https://github.com/nodejs/llparse/pull/83
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Telukula Jeevan Kumar Sahu <[email protected]>
>> ---
>>  ...header-value-__builtin_ctzll-undefin.patch | 60 +++++++++++++++++++
>>  .../recipes-devtools/nodejs/nodejs_22.22.0.bb |  1 +
>>  2 files changed, 61 insertions(+)
>>  create mode 100644
>> meta-oe/recipes-devtools/nodejs/nodejs/0001-llhttp-fix-NEON-header-value-__builtin_ctzll-undefin.patch
>>
>> diff --git
>> a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/nodejs/nodejs/0001-llhttp-fix-NEON-header-value-__builtin_ctzll-undefin.patch
>> b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/nodejs/nodejs/0001-llhttp-fix-NEON-header-value-__builtin_ctzll-undefin.patch
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000000..683dddcf04
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++
>> b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/nodejs/nodejs/0001-llhttp-fix-NEON-header-value-__builtin_ctzll-undefin.patch
>> @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
>> +From a63a5faea54055973bf5f0a514444532563cc20d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> +From: Telukula Jeevan Kumar Sahu <[email protected]>
>> +Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 20:58:43 +0530
>> +Subject: [PATCH] llhttp: fix NEON header value __builtin_ctzll undefined
>> + behavior
>> +
>> +When all 16 bytes match the allowed range, match_mask becomes 0 after
>> +the bitwise NOT. Calling __builtin_ctzll(0) is undefined behavior per
>> +the C standard.
>> +
>> +The code expects match_len == 16 when all bytes match (so the branch
>> +is skipped and p += 16 continues the loop), but this relied on
>> +ctzll(0) returning 64, which is not guaranteed.
>> +
>> +GCC at -O2 exploits this UB by deducing that __builtin_ctzll() result
>> +is always in range [0, 63], and after >> 2 always in [0, 15], which
>> +is never equal to 16. The compiler then optimizes
>> +"if (match_len != 16)" to always-true, causing every valid 16-byte
>> +chunk to be falsely rejected as containing an invalid character.
>> +
>> +This manifests as HTTP 400 Bad Request (HPE_INVALID_HEADER_TOKEN) for
>> +any HTTP header value longer than 16 characters on ARM targets with
>> +NEON enabled.
>> +
>> +Fix by explicitly checking for match_mask == 0 and setting
>> +match_len = 16, avoiding the undefined behavior entirely. This bug
>> +affects both aarch64 and armv7 NEON targets.
>> +
>> +The fix has been merged upstream in llparse 7.3.1 [1] and is included
>> +in llhttp 9.3.1. This patch can be dropped when nodejs updates its
>> +bundled llhttp to >= 9.3.1.
>> +
>> +[1]: https://github.com/nodejs/llparse/pull/83
>> +
>> +Upstream-Status: Inappropriate
>
>
> If this fix is merged upstream then status should be 'Backport' with
> appropriate links to
> point to upstream fix.
>
>
>
>   This patch manually applies the logic to the generated C code. Upstream
> (llparse/llhttp/nodejs)
>   would never accept patches to generated files - they'd regenerate or
> update the bundled version.
>   That's why I used "Inappropriate" per Yocto guidelines.
>

I see, we do not regenerate the file ? if that something lacking in the
build process in OE for this package then

>
>
>
>> +Signed-off-by: Telukula Jeevan Kumar Sahu <[email protected]>
>> +---
>> + deps/llhttp/src/llhttp.c | 6 +++++-
>> + 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> +
>> +diff --git a/deps/llhttp/src/llhttp.c b/deps/llhttp/src/llhttp.c
>> +index 14b731e..b0a46c6 100644
>> +--- a/deps/llhttp/src/llhttp.c
>> ++++ b/deps/llhttp/src/llhttp.c
>> +@@ -2651,7 +2651,11 @@ static llparse_state_t llhttp__internal__run(
>> +         mask = vorrq_u8(mask, single);
>> +         narrow = vshrn_n_u16(vreinterpretq_u16_u8(mask), 4);
>> +         match_mask = ~vget_lane_u64(vreinterpret_u64_u8(narrow), 0);
>> +-        match_len = __builtin_ctzll(match_mask) >> 2;
>> ++        if (match_mask == 0) {
>> ++          match_len = 16;
>> ++        } else {
>> ++          match_len = __builtin_ctzll(match_mask) >> 2;
>> ++        }
>> +         if (match_len != 16) {
>> +           p += match_len;
>> +           goto s_n_llhttp__internal__n_header_value_otherwise;
>> +--
>> +2.34.1
>> +
>> diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/nodejs/nodejs_22.22.0.bb
>> b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/nodejs/nodejs_22.22.0.bb
>> index 05fa608047..d08c5d8318 100644
>> --- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/nodejs/nodejs_22.22.0.bb
>> +++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/nodejs/nodejs_22.22.0.bb
>> @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ SRC_URI = "
>> https://nodejs.org/dist/v${PV}/node-v${PV}.tar.xz \
>>             file://0001-build-remove-redundant-mXX-flags-for-V8.patch \
>>             file://0001-fix-arm-Neon-intrinsics-types.patch \
>>             file://0001-detect-aarch64-Neon-correctly.patch \
>> +
>>  file://0001-llhttp-fix-NEON-header-value-__builtin_ctzll-undefin.patch \
>>             file://run-ptest \
>>             "
>>  SRC_URI:append:class-target = " \
>> --
>> 2.34.1
>>
>>
>>
>>
> 
>
>
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Links: You receive all messages sent to this group.
View/Reply Online (#124815): 
https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-devel/message/124815
Mute This Topic: https://lists.openembedded.org/mt/118094533/21656
Group Owner: [email protected]
Unsubscribe: https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-devel/unsub 
[[email protected]]
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Reply via email to