Ilya Maximets <[email protected]> writes:

> On 4/6/22 16:53, Aaron Conole wrote:
>> Dumitru Ceara <[email protected]> writes:
>> 
>>> On 4/5/22 21:20, Aaron Conole wrote:
>>>> Dumitru Ceara <[email protected]> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> On 4/5/22 16:41, Aaron Conole wrote:
>>>>>> Dumitru Ceara <[email protected]> writes:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This is undefined behavior and was reported by UB Sanitizer:
>>>>>>>   lib/meta-flow.c:3445:16: runtime error: member access within null 
>>>>>>> pointer of type 'struct vl_mf_field'
>>>>>>>       #0 0x6aad0f in mf_get_vl_mff lib/meta-flow.c:3445
>>>>>>>       #1 0x6d96d7 in mf_from_oxm_header lib/nx-match.c:260
>>>>>>>       #2 0x6d9e2e in nx_pull_header__ lib/nx-match.c:341
>>>>>>>       #3 0x6daafa in nx_pull_header lib/nx-match.c:488
>>>>>>>       #4 0x6abcb6 in mf_vl_mff_nx_pull_header lib/meta-flow.c:3605
>>>>>>>       #5 0x73b9be in decode_NXAST_RAW_REG_MOVE lib/ofp-actions.c:2652
>>>>>>>       #6 0x764ccd in ofpact_decode lib/ofp-actions.inc2:4681
>>>>>>>       [...]
>>>>>>>   lib/sset.c:315:12: runtime error: applying zero offset to null pointer
>>>>>>>       #0 0xcc2e6a in sset_at_position /root/ovs/lib/sset.c:315:12
>>>>>>>       #1 0x5734b3 in port_dump_next 
>>>>>>> /root/ovs/ofproto/ofproto-dpif.c:4083:20
>>>>>>>       [...]
>>>>>>>   lib/ovsdb-data.c:2194:56: runtime error: applying zero offset to null 
>>>>>>> pointer
>>>>>>>       #0 0x5e9530 in ovsdb_datum_added_removed 
>>>>>>> /root/ovs/lib/ovsdb-data.c:2194:56
>>>>>>>       #1 0x4d6258 in update_row_ref_count 
>>>>>>> /root/ovs/ovsdb/transaction.c:335:17
>>>>>>>       #2 0x4c360b in for_each_txn_row 
>>>>>>> /root/ovs/ovsdb/transaction.c:1572:33
>>>>>>>       [...]
>>>>>>>   lib/ofpbuf.c:440:30: runtime error: applying zero offset to null 
>>>>>>> pointer
>>>>>>>       #0 0x75066d in ofpbuf_push_uninit lib/ofpbuf.c:440
>>>>>>>       #1 0x46ac8a in ovnacts_parse lib/actions.c:4190
>>>>>>>       #2 0x46ad91 in ovnacts_parse_string lib/actions.c:4208
>>>>>>>       #3 0x4106d1 in test_parse_actions tests/test-ovn.c:1324
>>>>>>>       [...]
>>>>>>>   lib/ofp-actions.c:3205:22: runtime error: applying non-zero offset 2 
>>>>>>> to null pointer
>>>>>>>       #0 0x6e1641 in set_field_split_str 
>>>>>>> /root/ovs/lib/ofp-actions.c:3205:22
>>>>>>>       [...]
>>>>>>>   lib/tnl-ports.c:74:12: runtime error: applying zero offset to null 
>>>>>>> pointer
>>>>>>>       #0 0xceffe7 in tnl_port_cast /root/ovs/lib/tnl-ports.c:74:12
>>>>>>>       #1 0xcf14c3 in map_insert /root/ovs/lib/tnl-ports.c:116:13
>>>>>>>       [...]
>>>>>>>   ofproto/ofproto.c:8905:16: runtime error: applying zero offset to 
>>>>>>> null pointer
>>>>>>>       #0 0x556795 in eviction_group_hash_rule 
>>>>>>> /root/ovs/ofproto/ofproto.c:8905:16
>>>>>>>       #1 0x503f8d in eviction_group_add_rule 
>>>>>>> /root/ovs/ofproto/ofproto.c:9022:42
>>>>>>>       [...]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Also, it's valid to have an empty ofpact list and we should be able to
>>>>>>> try to iterate through it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> UB Sanitizer report:
>>>>>>>   include/openvswitch/ofp-actions.h:222:12: runtime error: applying 
>>>>>>> zero offset to null pointer
>>>>>>>       #0 0x665d69 in ofpact_end 
>>>>>>> /root/ovs/./include/openvswitch/ofp-actions.h:222:12
>>>>>>>       #1 0x66b2cf in ofpacts_put_openflow_actions 
>>>>>>> /root/ovs/lib/ofp-actions.c:8861:5
>>>>>>>       #2 0x6ffdd1 in ofputil_encode_flow_mod 
>>>>>>> /root/ovs/lib/ofp-flow.c:447:9
>>>>>>>       [...]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Dumitru Ceara <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>> v5:
>>>>>>> - Rebase.
>>>>>>> v4:
>>>>>>> - Addressed Ilya's comments.
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Glad to see that the undefined behavior got removed, BUT this
>>>>>> can introduce some different undefined behavior - places where we
>>>>>> have a calls to ofpbuf_at_...() always assume a valid pointer is
>>>>>> returned.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the review!
>>>>>
>>>>>> I think it makes sense to abort if b->data is NULL in these cases.
>>>>>> Maybe something like:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   ovs_abort(0, "invalid buffer data pointer");
>>>>>>
>>>>>> WDYT?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Calling ovs_abort() directly from openvswitch/util.h will be a challenge
>>>>> because it's an internal function and the openvswitch/util.h header is
>>>>> public.  Worst case we just call ovs_assert() like we already do in
>>>>> ofpbuf_at_assert().
>>>>
>>>> Maybe we can expose ovs_abort as well?
>>>>
>>>
>>> We can, but should we then expose all of the following, for consistency?
>>>
>>> OVS_NO_RETURN void ovs_abort(int err_no, const char *format, ...)
>>>     OVS_PRINTF_FORMAT(2, 3);
>>> OVS_NO_RETURN void ovs_abort_valist(int err_no, const char *format, va_list)
>>>     OVS_PRINTF_FORMAT(2, 0);
>>> OVS_NO_RETURN void ovs_fatal(int err_no, const char *format, ...)
>>>     OVS_PRINTF_FORMAT(2, 3);
>>> OVS_NO_RETURN void ovs_fatal_valist(int err_no, const char *format, va_list)
>>>     OVS_PRINTF_FORMAT(2, 0);
>> 
>> I think it makes sense.  Maybe Ilya/Ian disagrees
>
>
> Hmm.  Can we just use ovs_assert() instead of ovs_abort() ?
> This one is defined in the openvswitch/util.h.

ovs_assert will only evaluate (CONDITION) but not take any action if
compiled with -DNDEBUG.  So we will have a SIGSEGV instead of abort() in
production compiled code.

I guess it's 6-of-one, 1/2 dozen of the other - either is fine by me.

>> 
>>>>> But, just to make sure I understood properly, you'd like to assert that
>>>>> b->data is not NULL only in ofpbuf_at() and ofpbuf_at_assert(), right?
>>>>
>>>> right - only for those places where we have the assumption that the
>>>> return must be !NULL
>>>>
>>>
>>> Ok.
>>>
>>>>> Because the other ofpact_...() functions are also called in valid
>>>>> scenarios on ofpbufs that have b->data = NULL.
>>>>>
>>>
>>> [...]
>> 

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