Issue #18747: Use a parent atfork handler instead of a child atfork handler.

fork() is suppose to be async-signal safe but the handler calls unsafe functions. A parent handler mitigates the issue.
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Christian Heimes 2013-08-22 13:19:56 +02:00
commit f54c24628b
1 changed files with 9 additions and 12 deletions

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@ -2943,23 +2943,25 @@ fails or if it does not provide enough data to seed PRNG.");
/* Seed OpenSSL's PRNG at fork(), http://bugs.python.org/issue18747
*
* The child handler seeds the PRNG from pseudo-random data like pid, the
* current time (nanoseconds, miliseconds or seconds) and an uninitialized
* array. The array contains stack variables that are impossible to predict
* The parent handler seeds the PRNG from pseudo-random data like pid, the
* current time (miliseconds or seconds) and an uninitialized arry.
* The array contains stack variables that are impossible to predict
* on most systems, e.g. function return address (subject to ASLR), the
* stack protection canary and automatic variables.
* The code is inspired by Apache's ssl_rand_seed() function.
*
* Note:
* The code uses pthread_atfork() until Python has a proper atfork API. The
* handlers are not removed from the child process.
* handlers are not removed from the child process. A parent handler is used
* instead of a child handler because fork() is suppose to be async-signal
* safe but the handler calls unsafe functions.
*/
#if defined(HAVE_PTHREAD_ATFORK) && defined(WITH_THREAD)
#define PYSSL_RAND_ATFORK 1
static void
PySSL_RAND_atfork_child(void)
PySSL_RAND_atfork_parent(void)
{
struct {
char stack[128]; /* uninitialized (!) stack data, 128 is an
@ -2973,11 +2975,6 @@ PySSL_RAND_atfork_child(void)
#endif
seed.pid = getpid();
_PyTime_gettimeofday(&(seed.tp));
#if 0
fprintf(stderr, "PySSL_RAND_atfork_child() seeds %i bytes in pid %i\n",
(int)sizeof(seed), seed.pid);
#endif
RAND_add((unsigned char *)&seed, sizeof(seed), 0.0);
}
@ -2991,8 +2988,8 @@ PySSL_RAND_atfork(void)
return 0;
retval = pthread_atfork(NULL, /* prepare */
NULL, /* parent */
PySSL_RAND_atfork_child); /* child */
PySSL_RAND_atfork_parent, /* parent */
NULL); /* child */
if (retval != 0) {
PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_OSError);
return -1;