Bug in khttpd, kernel 2.4.10 -- khttpd crashing when apache is not running ; corresponding HTTP error message

Rui Ribeiro (rui.ribeiro@case.pt)
Thu, 27 Sep 2001 16:30:16 +0100


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Howdy,

First I would like to say hello to everyone in this list.

I'm running kernel 2.4.10 (Intel), and performing experiments with the
khttpd server compiled as a module. I am writing to this list concerning a
couple of things I noticed in khttpd, and offering a fix. If this is
already a known fact, I didn't find it in the archives.

Problem description:
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I began noticing that it crashed always with a kernel error or hanging the
machine when apache was not running. When the machine survived, it also
returned a 403 error, with a "Permission denied" message.

The hack:
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Upon source investigation, I noticed that at
/usr/src/linux/net/khttpd/userspace.c, at the function Userspace, in the
place where's the user-daemon no present case is coded, a structure element
is not released.

After correction, I have also changed the 403 error (permission denied), to
a 503 Service Unavailable, as I believe it's more correct. If the khttpd
daemon can't call Apache (or other userspace daemon) when it's not capable
of processing the request, it's better to give a 503 message than a 403,
for my and the users' sanity sake.

So, in the 2.4.10 kernel source tree, in the already mentioned
/usr/src/linux/net/khttpd/userspace.c, at line 114, you can make the
following changes:

Send403(CurrentRequest->sock); to Send50x(CurrentRequest-sock);

Append the following lines after the Send50x:
sock_release(CurrentRequest->sock);
CurrentRequest->sock=NULL;

A diff file is included as an attachment.

Regards,

--
Rui Ribeiro
Network and Security consultant
http://www.case.pt

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