[dev] frr 8.4.x and 8.5 trigger assertion in bgpd/bgp_lcommunity.c:236

Kurt Jaeger frr-dev at opsec.eu
Thu Apr 20 16:55:53 UTC 2023


Hi!

> Please try this patch:

Building, will roll it out to one of my test boxes in approx. 10min.

Any ideas why it did not kill the frr7.5 instances ?

> diff --git a/bgpd/bgp_lcommunity.c b/bgpd/bgp_lcommunity.c
> index 15bf419868..c61684f21e 100644
> --- a/bgpd/bgp_lcommunity.c
> +++ b/bgpd/bgp_lcommunity.c
> @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ static void set_lcommunity_string(struct lcommunity
> *lcom, bool make_json,
>         }
> 
>         /* 1 space + lcom->size lcom strings + null terminator */
> -       size_t str_buf_sz = BUFSIZ;
> +       size_t str_buf_sz = BUFSIZ * 10;
>         str_buf = XCALLOC(MTYPE_LCOMMUNITY_STR, str_buf_sz);
> 
>         for (i = 0; i < lcom->size; i++) {
> 
> we are creating a string that is not big enough for the community.  We need
> to look at this a bit more precisely than my multiplication by 10
> 
> On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 10:33???AM mike tancsa <mike at sentex.net> wrote:
> 
> > On 4/20/2023 9:30 AM, mike tancsa wrote:
> > > On 4/18/2023 5:28 AM, Kurt Jaeger wrote:
> > >> Hi!
> > >>
> > >>> This caused bgpd to terminate on several boxes this morning:
> > >>>
> > >>> 2023/04/18 08:43:47 BGP: bgpd/bgp_lcommunity.c:236:
> > >>> set_lcommunity_string(): assertion ((unsigned int)len < str_buf_sz)
> > >>> failed
> > >>> BGP: Received signal 6 at 1681800227 (si_addr 0x0); aborting...
> > >>>
> > >>> OS: FreeBSD 13.1p3. frr was 8.4.x and 8.5. So someone is sending
> > >>> strange things... ?
> > >>>
> > >>> 7.5.1 is not affected...
> > >>>
> > >>> Any ideas on how to avoid the assert ?
> > >> There's the lookup for community aliases added in that function:
> > >>
> > >>                  const char *com2alias =
> > >>                          translate_alias ? bgp_community2alias(lcsb)
> > >> : lcsb;
> > >>                    len = strlcat(str_buf, com2alias, str_buf_sz);
> > >>
> > >> and it seems to trigger the issue.
> > >
> > >
> > > I am seeing this crash as well. Sadly the patch in the freebsd pr does
> > > not seem to work around the issue.  If its an issue of communities, is
> > > there an easy way to strip out communities from peers for now ?
> > >
> > Adding some debugging. It seems to be a large community that is bigger
> > than 1024 bytes.  Looking at the pcap,
> >
> >
> > 09:27:57.240613 IP (tos 0xc0, ttl 1, id 22455, offset 0, flags [DF],
> > proto TCP (6), length 1500)
> >      192.168.158.77.179 > 192.168.158.78.64274: Flags [.], cksum 0x96a5
> > (correct), seq 4567154:4568614, ack 964, win 31913, length 1460: BGP [|BGP]
> >          Update Message (2), length: 81
> >            Origin (1), length: 1, Flags [T]: IGP
> >            AS Path (2), length: 18, Flags [T]: 174 45758 55808 147027
> >            Next Hop (3), length: 4, Flags [T]: 192.168.158.77
> >            Multi Exit Discriminator (4), length: 4, Flags [O]: 64070
> >            Community (8), length: 8, Flags [OT]: 174:21001, 174:22013
> >            Updated routes:
> >              110.164.235.0/24
> >              110.164.234.0/24
> >          Update Message (2), length: 1021
> >            Origin (1), length: 1, Flags [T]: IGP
> >            AS Path (2), length: 22, Flags [T]: 174 3491 60068 983 38136
> >            Next Hop (3), length: 4, Flags [T]: 192.168.158.77
> >            Multi Exit Discriminator (4), length: 4, Flags [O]: 15030
> >            Community (8), length: 8, Flags [OT]: 174:21000, 174:22013
> >            Large Community (32), length: 936, Flags [OTE]:
> >              4635:0:0, 4635:1:906, 4635:1:2906, 4635:1:4515,
> > 4635:1:4594, 4635:1:4641, 4635:1:4760, 4635:1:7979, 4635:1:9253,
> > 4635:1:9293, 4635:1:9304, 4635:1:9908, 4635:1:13335, 4635:1:16265,
> > 4635:1:17924, 4635:1:18013, 4635:1:20940, 4635:1:22822, 4635:1:24429,
> > 4635:1:24482, 4635:1:32590, 4635:1:32934, 4635:1:36692, 4635:1:38008,
> > 4635:1:38819, 4635:1:41378, 4635:1:45753, 4635:1:46489, 4635:1:49544,
> > 4635:1:51847, 4635:1:54574, 4635:1:54994, 4635:1:55720, 4635:1:56059,
> > 4635:1:57724, 4635:1:65021, 4635:1:134823, 4635:1:136907, 4635:1:146961,
> > 24115:0:24115, 24115:1:906, 24115:1:2906, 24115:1:4515, 24115:1:4594,
> > 24115:1:4641, 24115:1:4760, 24115:1:7979, 24115:1:9253, 24115:1:9293,
> > 24115:1:9304, 24115:1:9908, 24115:1:13335, 24115:1:16265, 24115:1:17924,
> > 24115:1:18013, 24115:1:20940, 24115:1:22822, 24115:1:24429,
> > 24115:1:24482, 24115:1:32590, 24115:1:32934, 24115:1:36692,
> > 24115:1:38008, 24115:1:38819, 24115:1:41378, 24115:1:45753,
> > 24115:1:46489, 24115:1:49544, 24115:1:51847, 24115:1:54574,
> > 24115:1:54994, 24115:1:55720, 24115:1:56059, 24115:1:57724,
> > 24115:1:65021, 24115:1:134823, 24115:1:136907, 24115:1:146961
> >            Updated routes:
> >              103.135.103.0/24
> >          Update Message (2), length: 77
> >            Origin (1), length: 1, Flags [T]: IGP
> >            AS Path (2), length: 18, Flags [T]: 174 262589 14259 16921
> >            Next Hop (3), length: 4, Flags [T]: 192.168.158.77
> >            Multi Exit Discriminator (4), length: 4, Flags [O]: 48050
> >            Community (8), length: 8, Flags [OT]: 174:21001, 174:22013
> >            Updated routes:
> >              200.108.121.0/24
> >          Update Message (2), length: 73
> >            Origin (1), length: 1, Flags [T]: IGP
> >            AS Path (2), length: 14, Flags [T]: 174 1239 54174
> >            Next Hop (3), length: 4, Flags [T]: 192.168.158.77
> >            Multi Exit Discriminator (4), length: 4, Flags [O]: 15030
> >            Community (8), length: 8, Flags [OT]: 174:21000, 174:22013
> >            Updated routes:
> >              208.21.37.0/24
> >          Update Message (2), length: 81
> >            Origin (1), length: 1, Flags [T]: IGP
> >            AS Path (2), length: 22, Flags [T]: 174 1299 6939 6939 398704
> >            Next Hop (3), length: 4, Flags [T]: 192.168.158.77
> >            Multi Exit Discriminator (4), length: 4, Flags [O]: 1
> >            Community (8), length: 8, Flags [OT]: 174:21000, 174:22003
> >            Updated routes:
> >              205.198.124.0/24
> >
> > With some added debugging, it seems its exceeding the size of the buffer
> > zlog_warn("set_lcommunity_string: str_buf_sz=%lu [%s] [%s]\n",
> > str_buf_sz, lcsb, str_buf);
> >
> > Apr 20 10:02:25 cogent-2023 bgpd[43237]: [SH1YD-SM74V]
> > set_lcommunity_string: str_buf_sz=1024 [24115:1:136907] [4635:0:0
> > 4635:1:906 4635:1:2906 4635:1:4515 4635:1:4594 4635:1:4641 4635:1:4760
> > 4635:1:7979 4635:1:9253 4635:1:9293 4635:1:93
> > 04 4635:1:9908 4635:1:13335 4635:1:16265 4635:1:17924 4635:1:18013
> > 4635:1:20940 4635:1:22822 4635:1:24429 4635:1:24482 4635:1:32590
> > 4635:1:32934 4635:1:36692 4635:1:38008 4635:1:38819 4635:1:41378
> > 4635:1:45753 4635:1:46489 4635:1:49544 4
> > 635:1:51847 4635:1:54574 4635:1:54994 4635:1:55720 4635:1:56059
> > 4635:1:57724 4635:1:65021 4635:1:134823 4635:1:136907 4635:1:146961
> > 24115:0:24115 24115:1:906 24115:1:2906 24115:1:4515 24115:1:4594
> > 24115:1:4641 24115:1:4760 24115:1:7979 2
> > 4115:1:9253 24115:1:9293 24115:1:9304 24115:1:9908 24115:1:13335
> > 24115:1:16265 24115:1:17924 24115:1:18013 24115:1:20940 24115:1:22822
> > 24115:1:24429 24115:1:24482 24115:1:32590 24115:1:32934 24115:1:36692
> > 24115:1:38008 24115:1:38819 2411
> > 5:1:41378 24115:1:45753 24115:1:46489 24115:1:49544 24115:1:51847
> > 24115:1:54574 24115:1:54994 24115:1:55720 24115:1:56059 24115:1:57724
> > 24115:1:65021 24115:1:134823 ]
> > Apr 20 10:02:25 cogent-2023 bgpd[43237]: [SH1YD-SM74V]
> > set_lcommunity_string: str_buf_sz=1024 [24115:1:146961] [4635:0:0
> > 4635:1:906 4635:1:2906 4635:1:4515 4635:1:4594 4635:1:4641 4635:1:4760
> > 4635:1:7979 4635:1:9253 4635:1:9293 4635:1:93
> > 04 4635:1:9908 4635:1:13335 4635:1:16265 4635:1:17924 4635:1:18013
> > 4635:1:20940 4635:1:22822 4635:1:24429 4635:1:24482 4635:1:32590
> > 4635:1:32934 4635:1:36692 4635:1:38008 4635:1:38819 4635:1:41378
> > 4635:1:45753 4635:1:46489 4635:1:49544 4
> > 635:1:51847 4635:1:54574 4635:1:54994 4635:1:55720 4635:1:56059
> > 4635:1:57724 4635:1:65021 4635:1:134823 4635:1:136907 4635:1:146961
> > 24115:0:24115 24115:1:906 24115:1:2906 24115:1:4515 24115:1:4594
> > 24115:1:4641 24115:1:4760 24115:1:7979 2
> > 4115:1:9253 24115:1:9293 24115:1:9304 24115:1:9908 24115:1:13335
> > 24115:1:16265 24115:1:17924 24115:1:18013 24115:1:20940 24115:1:22822
> > 24115:1:24429 24115:1:24482 24115:1:32590 24115:1:32934 24115:1:36692
> > 24115:1:38008 24115:1:38819 2411
> > 5:1:41378 24115:1:45753 24115:1:46489 24115:1:49544 24115:1:51847
> > 24115:1:54574 24115:1:54994 24115:1:55720 24115:1:56059 24115:1:57724
> > 24115:1:65021 24115:1:134823 24115:1:136907 ]
> > Apr 20 10:02:25 cogent-2023 bgpd[43237]: bgpd/bgp_lcommunity.c:239:
> > set_lcommunity_string(): assertion ((unsigned int)len < str_buf_sz) failed
> >
> >
> >
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