dns: fix exception unsafe behavior in c-ares callbacks. (#4307)

Previously, we were taking an exception due to the late validation of update_merge_window duration
in ClusterManagerImpl::scheduleUpdate, which happened under a c-ares strict DNS host resolution
callback. There are several related issues here:

1. c-ares is exception unsafe, see c-ares/c-ares#219.
2. We should be validating Durations with PGV, see
   bufbuild/protoc-gen-validate#97.
3. We should defer the c-ares resolution callbacks to be outside the c-ares callback context for
   exception safety.

This PR addresses (3) by moving callbacks, even when they are "immediate", to a dispatcher post, so
that we never take an exception under a c-ares callback.

A workaround for (2) is provided, in lieu of bufbuild/protoc-gen-validate#97,
which is blocked on our ability to bump PGV version in Envoy, see
lyft/protoc-gen-star#28.

Fixes oss-fuzz issue https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=9868.

Risk level: Medium (DNS clusters will have some timing changes).
Testing: Updated DNS implementation unit tests, server fuzz corpus entry added.

Signed-off-by: Harvey Tuch <[email protected]>

include/envoy/network/dns.h

@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ class DnsResolver {
    * @param address_list supplies the list of resolved IP addresses. The list will be empty if
    *                     the resolution failed.
    */
-  typedef std::function<void(std::list<Address::InstanceConstSharedPtr>&& address_list)> ResolveCb;
+  typedef std::function<void(const std::list<Address::InstanceConstSharedPtr>&& address_list)>
+      ResolveCb;
 
   /**
    * Initiate an async DNS resolution.

source/common/network/dns_impl.cc

@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ void DnsResolverImpl::PendingResolution::onAresHostCallback(int status, int time
 
   if (completed_) {
     if (!cancelled_) {
-      callback_(std::move(address_list));
+      dispatcher_.post(
+          [callback = callback_, al = std::move(address_list)] { callback(std::move(al)); });
     }
     if (owned_) {
       delete this;
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ ActiveDnsQuery* DnsResolverImpl::resolve(const std::string& dns_name,
   // failed intial call to getHostbyName followed by a synchronous IPv4
   // resolution.
   std::unique_ptr<PendingResolution> pending_resolution(
-      new PendingResolution(callback, channel_, dns_name));
+      new PendingResolution(callback, dispatcher_, channel_, dns_name));
   if (dns_lookup_family == DnsLookupFamily::Auto) {
     pending_resolution->fallback_if_failed_ = true;
   }

source/common/network/dns_impl.h

@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@ class DnsResolverImpl : public DnsResolver, protected Logger::Loggable<Logger::I
   friend class DnsResolverImplPeer;
   struct PendingResolution : public ActiveDnsQuery {
     // Network::ActiveDnsQuery
-    PendingResolution(ResolveCb callback, ares_channel channel, const std::string& dns_name)
-        : callback_(callback), channel_(channel), dns_name_(dns_name) {}
+    PendingResolution(ResolveCb callback, Event::Dispatcher& dispatcher, ares_channel channel,
+                      const std::string& dns_name)
+        : callback_(callback), dispatcher_(dispatcher), channel_(channel), dns_name_(dns_name) {}
 
     void cancel() override {
       // c-ares only supports channel-wide cancellation, so we just allow the
@@ -63,6 +64,8 @@ class DnsResolverImpl : public DnsResolver, protected Logger::Loggable<Logger::I
 
     // Caller supplied callback to invoke on query completion or error.
     const ResolveCb callback_;
+    // Dispatcher to post callback_ to.
+    Event::Dispatcher& dispatcher_;
     // Does the object own itself? Resource reclamation occurs via self-deleting
     // on query completion or error.
     bool owned_ = false;

source/common/upstream/logical_dns_cluster.cc

@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ void LogicalDnsCluster::startResolve() {
 
   active_dns_query_ = dns_resolver_->resolve(
       dns_address, dns_lookup_family_,
-      [this,
-       dns_address](std::list<Network::Address::InstanceConstSharedPtr>&& address_list) -> void {
+      [this, dns_address](
+          const std::list<Network::Address::InstanceConstSharedPtr>&& address_list) -> void {
         active_dns_query_ = nullptr;
         ENVOY_LOG(debug, "async DNS resolution complete for {}", dns_address);
         info_->stats().update_success_.inc();

source/common/upstream/upstream_impl.cc

@@ -373,6 +373,11 @@ ClusterInfoImpl::ClusterInfoImpl(const envoy::api::v2::Cluster& config,
     idle_timeout_ = std::chrono::milliseconds(
         DurationUtil::durationToMilliseconds(config.common_http_protocol_options().idle_timeout()));
   }
+
+  // TODO(htuch): Remove this temporary workaround when we have
+  // https://github.com/lyft/protoc-gen-validate/issues/97 resolved. This just provides early
+  // validation of sanity of fields that we should catch at config ingestion.
+  DurationUtil::durationToMilliseconds(common_lb_config_.update_merge_window());
 }
 
 ProtocolOptionsConfigConstSharedPtr
@@ -1137,7 +1142,7 @@ void StrictDnsClusterImpl::ResolveTarget::startResolve() {
 
   active_query_ = parent_.dns_resolver_->resolve(
       dns_address_, parent_.dns_lookup_family_,
-      [this](std::list<Network::Address::InstanceConstSharedPtr>&& address_list) -> void {
+      [this](const std::list<Network::Address::InstanceConstSharedPtr>&& address_list) -> void {
         active_query_ = nullptr;
         ENVOY_LOG(debug, "async DNS resolution complete for {}", dns_address_);
         parent_.info_->stats().update_success_.inc();

test/server/server_corpus/clusterfuzz-testcase-server_fuzz_test-6288786894880768

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+node {
+  locality {
+  }
+}
+static_resources {
+  clusters {
+    name: "x"
+    type: STRICT_DNS
+    connect_timeout {
+      nanos: 250000000
+    }
+    lb_policy: RING_HASH
+    hosts {
+      socket_address {
+        address: "123.1.0.1"
+        named_port: "x"
+      }
+    }
+    hosts {
+      socket_address {
+        address: "127.0.0.2"
+        named_port: "3"
+      }
+    }
+    common_lb_config {
+      update_merge_window {
+        seconds: 281474976710656
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+admin {
+  access_log_path: "@-"
+  address {
+    pipe {
+      path: " "
+    }
+  }
+}

test/server/server_fuzz_test.cc

@@ -74,15 +74,21 @@ DEFINE_PROTO_FUZZER(const envoy::config::bootstrap::v2::Bootstrap& input) {
     options.log_level_ = Fuzz::Runner::logLevel();
   }
 
+  std::unique_ptr<InstanceImpl> server;
   try {
-    auto server = std::make_unique<InstanceImpl>(
+    server = std::make_unique<InstanceImpl>(
         options, test_time.timeSource(),
         std::make_shared<Network::Address::Ipv4Instance>("127.0.0.1"), hooks, restart, stats_store,
         fakelock, component_factory, std::make_unique<Runtime::RandomGeneratorImpl>(),
         thread_local_instance);
   } catch (const EnvoyException& ex) {
     ENVOY_LOG_MISC(debug, "Controlled EnvoyException exit: {}", ex.what());
+    return;
   }
+  // If we were successful, run any pending events on the main thread's dispatcher loop. These might
+  // be, for example, pending DNS resolution callbacks. If they generate exceptions, we want to
+  // explode and fail the test, hence we do this outside of the try-catch above.
+  server->dispatcher().run(Event::Dispatcher::RunType::NonBlock);
 }
 
 } // namespace Server