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Willy Tarreau 6cbcb4f9db BUG/MINOR: resolvers: fix leaked fields on cfg_parse_resolvers() error paths
cfg_parse_resolvers() has many error paths on allocation failure when
parsing "nameserver". These paths handle their own cleanup instead of
centralizing it. The result is that some errors paths leak some fields.
The most complex ones are the strdup() failures which require to check
for stream or dgram to figure what to free. These can be detected via
ASAN on a dummy strdup() allocation failure:

  Indirect leak of 131080 byte(s) in 1 object(s) allocated from:
      #0 0x7f0b7ed1f0ab in malloc (/usr/lib64/libasan.so.8+0x11f0ab)
      #1 0x000000c73e19 in dns_ring_new src/dns_ring.c:59
      #2 0x000000af1848 in dns_dgram_init src/dns.c:480
      #3 0x000000922005 in cfg_parse_resolvers src/resolvers.c:3792
      #4 0x00000089d33e in parse_cfg src/cfgparse.c:2202
      #5 0x0000009e0a39 in read_cfg src/haproxy.c:1142
      #6 0x000000447e8c in main src/haproxy.c:3474
      #7 0x7f0b7e02ad13 in __libc_start_call_main (/lib64/libc.so.6+0x2ad13)
      #8 0x7ffd35f1531c  ([stack]+0x2031c)

  Indirect leak of 304 byte(s) in 1 object(s) allocated from:
      #0 0x7f0b7ed1ea23 in calloc (/usr/lib64/libasan.so.8+0x11ea23)
      #1 0x000000af1681 in dns_dgram_init src/dns.c:468
      #2 0x000000922005 in cfg_parse_resolvers src/resolvers.c:3792
      #3 0x00000089d33e in parse_cfg src/cfgparse.c:2202
      #4 0x0000009e0a39 in read_cfg src/haproxy.c:1142
      #5 0x000000447e8c in main src/haproxy.c:3474
      #6 0x7f0b7e02ad13 in __libc_start_call_main (/lib64/libc.so.6+0x2ad13)
      #7 0x7ffd35f1531c  ([stack]+0x2031c)

  Indirect leak of 104 byte(s) in 1 object(s) allocated from:
      #0 0x7f0b7ed1ea23 in calloc (/usr/lib64/libasan.so.8+0x11ea23)
      #1 0x000000921f83 in cfg_parse_resolvers src/resolvers.c:3772
      #2 0x00000089d33e in parse_cfg src/cfgparse.c:2202
      #3 0x0000009e0a39 in read_cfg src/haproxy.c:1142
      #4 0x000000447e8c in main src/haproxy.c:3474
      #5 0x7f0b7e02ad13 in __libc_start_call_main (/lib64/libc.so.6+0x2ad13)
      #6 0x7ffd35f1531c  ([stack]+0x2031c)

  Indirect leak of 64 byte(s) in 1 object(s) allocated from:
      #0 0x7f0b7ed1f0ab in malloc (/usr/lib64/libasan.so.8+0x11f0ab)
      #1 0x000000c73e09 in dns_ring_new src/dns_ring.c:55
      #2 0x000000af1848 in dns_dgram_init src/dns.c:480
      #3 0x000000922005 in cfg_parse_resolvers src/resolvers.c:3792
      #4 0x00000089d33e in parse_cfg src/cfgparse.c:2202
      #5 0x0000009e0a39 in read_cfg src/haproxy.c:1142
      #6 0x000000447e8c in main src/haproxy.c:3474
      #7 0x7f0b7e02ad13 in __libc_start_call_main (/lib64/libc.so.6+0x2ad13)
      #8 0x7ffd35f1531c  ([stack]+0x2031c)

  Indirect leak of 15 byte(s) in 1 object(s) allocated from:
      #0 0x7f0b7ed18e20 in strdup (/usr/lib64/libasan.so.8+0x118e20)
      #1 0x00000092203b in cfg_parse_resolvers src/resolvers.c:3798
      #2 0x00000089d33e in parse_cfg src/cfgparse.c:2202
      #3 0x0000009e0a39 in read_cfg src/haproxy.c:1142
      #4 0x000000447e8c in main src/haproxy.c:3474
      #5 0x7f0b7e02ad13 in __libc_start_call_main (/lib64/libc.so.6+0x2ad13)
      #6 0x7ffd35f1531c  ([stack]+0x2031c)

This should be completely reworked so that the cleanup is performed in
a central place, as the risk to get it wrong remains high.

This patch does the minimal changes to clean this up. It does not need
to be backported since it only triggers on boot OOM.
2026-05-15 18:07:50 +02:00
.github CI: github: add DEBUG_STRICT=2 to ASAN jobs 2026-04-30 17:46:30 +02:00
addons BUILD: 51d.c: cleanup, fix preprocessor ifdefs 2026-05-13 17:00:20 +02:00
admin CLEANUP: fix typos and spelling in comments and documentation 2026-03-30 09:24:19 +02:00
dev CLEANUP: fix typos and spelling in comments and documentation 2026-03-30 09:24:19 +02:00
doc [RELEASE] Released version 3.4-dev12 2026-05-13 17:22:12 +02:00
examples MEDIUM: mux_quic: rename qmux traces to qcm 2026-05-13 16:23:58 +02:00
include CLEANUP: htx: Adjust numbering of HTX blocks' types in the description 2026-05-13 17:03:48 +02:00
reg-tests MINOR: sample: add a reverse_dom converter 2026-05-13 16:49:53 +02:00
scripts SCRIPTS: announce-release: add a link to the OpenTelemetry filter 2026-05-08 12:05:09 +02:00
src BUG/MINOR: resolvers: fix leaked fields on cfg_parse_resolvers() error paths 2026-05-15 18:07:50 +02:00
tests TESTS: quic: add unit-tests for QUIC TX part 2025-09-08 14:49:03 +02:00
.cirrus.yml CI: cirrus-ci: bump FreeBSD image to 14-3 2025-10-09 14:06:48 +02:00
.gitattributes MINOR: Configure the cpp userdiff driver for *.[ch] in .gitattributes 2021-02-22 18:17:57 +01:00
.gitignore MINOR: tevt/dev: Add term_events tool 2025-01-31 10:41:50 +01:00
.mailmap DOC: update Tim's address in .mailmap 2021-09-16 09:14:14 +02:00
.travis.yml MEDIUM: mworker: remove USE_SYSTEMD requirement for -Ws 2024-11-20 12:07:38 +01:00
BRANCHES CLEANUP: tree-wide: fix typos in user-invisible files 2026-05-13 17:03:48 +02:00
BSDmakefile BUILD: makefile: commit the tiny FreeBSD makefile stub 2023-05-24 17:17:36 +02:00
CHANGELOG [RELEASE] Released version 3.4-dev12 2026-05-13 17:22:12 +02:00
CONTRIBUTING CLEANUP: assorted typo fixes in the code and comments 2025-04-02 11:12:20 +02:00
INSTALL MINOR: version: mention that it's development again 2025-11-26 16:11:47 +01:00
LICENSE LICENSE: add licence exception for OpenSSL 2012-09-07 13:52:26 +02:00
MAINTAINERS MAJOR: spoe: Let the SPOE back into the game 2024-05-22 09:04:38 +02:00
Makefile MINOR: mux_quic: rename qstrm files to qmux 2026-05-13 16:15:48 +02:00
README.md CI: github: add cross-zoo.yml in README.md 2026-04-20 11:47:20 +02:00
SUBVERS BUILD: use format tags in VERDATE and SUBVERS files 2013-12-10 11:22:49 +01:00
VERDATE [RELEASE] Released version 3.4-dev12 2026-05-13 17:22:12 +02:00
VERSION [RELEASE] Released version 3.4-dev12 2026-05-13 17:22:12 +02:00

HAProxy

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HAProxy is a free, very fast and reliable reverse-proxy offering high availability, load balancing, and proxying for TCP and HTTP-based applications.

Installation

The INSTALL file describes how to build HAProxy. A list of packages is also available on the wiki.

Getting help

The discourse and the mailing-list are available for questions or configuration assistance. You can also use the slack or IRC channel. Please don't use the issue tracker for these.

The issue tracker is only for bug reports or feature requests.

Documentation

The HAProxy documentation has been split into a number of different files for ease of use. It is available in text format as well as HTML. The wiki is also meant to replace the old architecture guide.

Please refer to the following files depending on what you're looking for:

  • INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install HAProxy
  • BRANCHES to understand the project's life cycle and what version to use
  • LICENSE for the project's license
  • CONTRIBUTING for the process to follow to submit contributions

The more detailed documentation is located into the doc/ directory:

License

HAProxy is licensed under GPL 2 or any later version, the headers under LGPL 2.1. See the LICENSE file for a more detailed explanation.