bind9/doc/notes/notes-current.rst
Tony Finch 4191fd01be Ensure that dns_request_createvia() has a retry limit
There are a couple of problems with dns_request_createvia(): a UDP
retry count of zero means unlimited retries (it should mean no
retries), and the overall request timeout is not enforced. The
combination of these bugs means that requests can be retried forever.

This change alters calls to dns_request_createvia() to avoid the
infinite retry bug by providing an explicit retry count. Previously,
the calls specified infinite retries and relied on the limit implied
by the overall request timeout and the UDP timeout (which did not work
because the overall timeout is not enforced). The `udpretries`
argument is also changed to be the number of retries; previously, zero
was interpreted as infinity because of an underflow to UINT_MAX, which
appeared to be a mistake. And `mdig` is updated to match the change in
retry accounting.

The bug could be triggered by zone maintenance queries, including
NOTIFY messages, DS parental checks, refresh SOA queries and stub zone
nameserver lookups. It could also occur with `nsupdate -r 0`.
(But `mdig` had its own code to avoid the bug.)

(cherry picked from commit 71ce8b0a51)
2022-04-06 18:17:55 +01:00

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Notes for BIND 9.18.2
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Security Fixes
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- None.
Known Issues
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- None.
New Features
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- None.
Removed Features
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- None.
Feature Changes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- None.
- Add a new configuration option ``reuseport`` to disable
load balancing on sockets in scenarios in which processing of
Response Policy Zones (RPZ), Catalog Zones, or large zone transfers
can cause service disruptions. See the BIND 9 ARM for more detail.
:gl:`#3249`
Bug Fixes
~~~~~~~~~
- Invalid dnssec-policy definitions were being accepted where the
defined keys did not cover both KSK and ZSK roles for a given
algorithm. This is now checked for and the dnssec-policy is
rejected if both roles are not present for all algorithms in use.
:gl:`#3142`
- Handling of the TCP write timeouts has been improved to track timeout
for each TCP write separately leading to faster connection tear down
in case the other party is not reading the data. :gl:`#3200`
- Zone maintenance DNS queries would retry forever while the
destination server was unreachable. These queries include outgoing
NOTIFY messages, refresh SOA queries, parental DS checks, and stub
zone NS queries. For example, if a zone has any nameservers with
IPv6 addresses and a secondary server without IPv6 connectivity, the
IPv4-only server would keep trying to send a growing amount of
NOTIFY traffic over IPv6. This futile traffic was not logged.
:gl:`#3242`