Bug 42510 - read-after-free in packagekit-glib2 library
Summary: read-after-free in packagekit-glib2 library
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: PackageKit
Classification: Unclassified
Component: client-library (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other All
: medium critical
Assignee: Richard Hughes
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Reported: 2011-11-02 05:57 UTC by Christian Persch (GNOME)
Modified: 2018-08-21 15:53 UTC (History)
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Description Christian Persch (GNOME) 2011-11-02 05:57:19 UTC
PackageKit 0.6.19-3.fc16.i686

(I suspect this to be the cause of crashes in gnome-settings-daemon.)

==24355== Invalid read of size 4
==24355==    at 0xF1C8C64: pk_control_call_destroy_cb (pk-control.c:250)
==24355==    by 0x47C6509: d_pending_call_free (dbus-gproxy.c:1780)
==24355==    by 0x4806F51: _dbus_data_slot_list_clear (dbus-dataslot.c:335)
==24355==    by 0x4806FA2: _dbus_data_slot_list_free (dbus-dataslot.c:352)
==24355==    by 0x47FE0FA: _dbus_pending_call_last_unref (dbus-pending-call.c:394)
==24355==    by 0x47E922F: complete_pending_call_and_unlock (dbus-connection.c:2309)
==24355==    by 0x47ECB37: dbus_connection_dispatch (dbus-connection.c:4593)
==24355==    by 0x47C0DCD: message_queue_dispatch (dbus-gmain.c:101)
==24355==    by 0x4A5C5BE: g_main_context_dispatch (gmain.c:2425)
==24355==    by 0x4A5CCFF: g_main_context_iterate (gmain.c:3073)
==24355==    by 0x4A5D336: g_main_loop_run (gmain.c:3281)
==24355==    by 0x41B2064: gtk_main (gtkmain.c:1362)
==24355==    by 0x4B546B2: (below main) (libc-start.c:226)
==24355==  Address 0x93dba30 is 24 bytes inside a block of size 48 free'd
==24355==    at 0x4029EED: free (vg_replace_malloc.c:366)
==24355==    by 0x4A6305B: standard_free (gmem.c:101)
==24355==    by 0x4A63356: g_free (gmem.c:263)
==24355==    by 0x4A797D6: g_slice_free1 (gslice.c:907)
==24355==    by 0xF1C9760: pk_control_get_tid_state_finish (pk-control.c:206)
==24355==    by 0xF1CD04B: pk_control_get_tid_cb (pk-control.c:239)
==24355==    by 0x47C64CD: d_pending_call_notify (dbus-gproxy.c:1771)
==24355==    by 0x47FE551: _dbus_pending_call_complete (dbus-pending-call.c:197)
==24355==    by 0x47E9227: complete_pending_call_and_unlock (dbus-connection.c:2308)
==24355==    by 0x47ECB37: dbus_connection_dispatch (dbus-connection.c:4593)
==24355==    by 0x47C0DCD: message_queue_dispatch (dbus-gmain.c:101)
==24355==    by 0x4A5C5BE: g_main_context_dispatch (gmain.c:2425)
==24355==    by 0x4A5CCFF: g_main_context_iterate (gmain.c:3073)
==24355==    by 0x4A5D336: g_main_loop_run (gmain.c:3281)
==24355==    by 0x41B2064: gtk_main (gtkmain.c:1362)
==24355==    by 0x4B546B2: (below main) (libc-start.c:226)

The problematic code starts in pk_control_get_tid_async():

        /* call D-Bus method async */
        state->call = dbus_g_proxy_begin_call (control->priv->proxy, "GetTid",
                                               (DBusGProxyCallNotify) pk_control_get_tid_cb, state,
                                               (GDestroyNotify) pk_control_call_destroy_cb, G_TYPE_INVALID);


The GDestroyNotify callback accesses @state:
static void
pk_control_call_destroy_cb (PkControlState *state)
{
        if (state->call != NULL)
                g_warning ("%p was destroyed before it was cleared", state->call);
}

but the DBusGProxyCallNotify callback already destroys @state:
static void
pk_control_get_tid_cb (DBusGProxy *proxy, DBusGProxyCall *call, PkControlState *state)
{
        GError *error = NULL;
        gchar *tid = NULL;
        gboolean ret;

        /* finished this call */
        state->call = NULL;

        /* get the result */
        ret = dbus_g_proxy_end_call (proxy, call, &error,
                                     G_TYPE_STRING, &tid,
                                     G_TYPE_INVALID);
        if (!ret) {
                /* fix up the D-Bus error */
                pk_control_fixup_dbus_error (error);
                g_warning ("failed: %s", error->message);
====>           pk_control_get_tid_state_finish (state, error);
                g_error_free (error);
                goto out;
        }

        /* save results */
        state->tid = g_strdup (tid);

        /* we're done */
====>   pk_control_get_tid_state_finish (state, NULL);
out:
        g_free (tid);
}

because
static void
pk_control_get_tid_state_finish (PkControlState *state, const GError *error)
{
[...]
        g_slice_free (PkControlState, state);
}

NOTE: the same pattern of problem may exist for the other dbus calls; but I have checked only this one.
Comment 1 Richard Hughes 2018-08-21 15:53:03 UTC
We moved the upstream bugtracker to GitHub a long time ago. If this issue still affects you please re-create the issue here: https://github.com/hughsie/PackageKit/issues
 
Sorry for the impersonal message, and fingers crossed your issue no longer happens. Thanks.


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