fix(chromium): bound CONNECT tunnels so a silent upstream cannot pin them forever

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Julien Neuhart
2026-09-07 17:52:05 +02:00
parent e1e0a80883
commit 1891a9ea68
2 changed files with 257 additions and 8 deletions

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@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
"net/netip"
"net/url"
"sync"
"sync/atomic"
"time"
"github.com/dlclark/regexp2"
@@ -57,6 +58,12 @@ type pinningProxy struct {
server *http.Server
wg sync.WaitGroup
// closing is closed by Stop to force in-flight CONNECT tunnels shut.
// [http.Server.Shutdown] cannot do it: net/http untracks a connection once
// a handler hijacks it, so a tunnel would otherwise outlive the proxy that
// created it. Recreated on every Start.
closing chan struct{}
logger *slog.Logger
started bool
mu sync.Mutex
@@ -110,6 +117,7 @@ func (p *pinningProxy) Start(logger *slog.Logger) error {
}
p.listener = l
p.closing = make(chan struct{})
p.logger = logger.With(slog.String("logger", "pinning-proxy"))
p.server = &http.Server{
Handler: http.HandlerFunc(p.serveHTTP),
@@ -140,9 +148,18 @@ func (p *pinningProxy) Stop(logger *slog.Logger) error {
return nil
}
srv := p.server
closing := p.closing
p.closing = nil
p.started = false
p.mu.Unlock()
// Force in-flight tunnels shut before draining the server. Shutdown does
// not reach them, so a tunnel whose upstream never answers would otherwise
// survive the proxy, and with it every Chromium restart.
if closing != nil {
close(closing)
}
ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
defer cancel()
@@ -264,24 +281,110 @@ func (p *pinningProxy) handleConnect(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
return
}
// Splice bytes in both directions until either side closes.
var splice sync.WaitGroup
splice.Add(2)
p.mu.Lock()
closing := p.closing
p.mu.Unlock()
spliceTunnel(client, upstream, closing, spliceIdleTimeout)
}
// spliceIdleTimeout bounds a CONNECT tunnel in which no byte has moved in
// either direction.
//
// Nothing else bounds one. The hijacked connections carry no deadline: the
// server clears the header read deadline once the request line is in, and
// net.Dialer.Timeout only covers the connect. net/http also untracks a
// connection once it is hijacked, so neither Server.Shutdown nor a Chromium
// restart reaps it. Left alone, an upstream that accepts the tunnel and then
// answers nothing holds two goroutines and two sockets until the process dies.
//
// Sized well above any legitimate pause between a request and its response, so
// a slow origin is never cut off. A transfer that keeps making progress
// refreshes the deadline and runs for as long as it needs.
const spliceIdleTimeout = 2 * time.Minute
// spliceTunnel copies bytes between the two ends of a CONNECT tunnel until
// both directions finish, the tunnel sits idle for idleTimeout, or closing is
// closed because the proxy is shutting down. Callers pass
// [spliceIdleTimeout]; only tests shorten it.
//
// Each direction half-closes its destination once its source reaches EOF, so a
// peer that waits for the request to end before answering still sees the EOF.
// Idleness is tracked across both directions rather than per direction: the
// client sends nothing for the length of a download, and half-closing its write
// side then would tell the origin the client had gone away.
func spliceTunnel(client, upstream net.Conn, closing <-chan struct{}, idleTimeout time.Duration) {
var lastActivity atomic.Int64
lastActivity.Store(time.Now().UnixNano())
var wg sync.WaitGroup
wg.Add(2)
go func() {
defer splice.Done()
_, _ = io.Copy(upstream, client)
defer wg.Done()
copyTracking(upstream, client, &lastActivity)
if cw, ok := upstream.(interface{ CloseWrite() error }); ok {
_ = cw.CloseWrite()
}
}()
go func() {
defer splice.Done()
_, _ = io.Copy(client, upstream)
defer wg.Done()
copyTracking(client, upstream, &lastActivity)
if cw, ok := client.(interface{ CloseWrite() error }); ok {
_ = cw.CloseWrite()
}
}()
splice.Wait()
done := make(chan struct{})
go func() {
wg.Wait()
close(done)
}()
ticker := time.NewTicker(idleTimeout / 4)
defer ticker.Stop()
for {
select {
case <-done:
return
case <-closing:
case <-ticker.C:
if time.Since(time.Unix(0, lastActivity.Load())) < idleTimeout {
continue
}
}
// Closing both ends unblocks whichever copy is still reading. The
// caller's own deferred Close calls then become no-ops.
_ = client.Close()
_ = upstream.Close()
<-done
return
}
}
// copyTracking copies src into dst, recording the time of every chunk that
// moves so [spliceTunnel] can tell a busy tunnel from an idle one.
func copyTracking(dst, src net.Conn, lastActivity *atomic.Int64) {
buf := make([]byte, 32*1024)
for {
n, readErr := src.Read(buf)
if n > 0 {
lastActivity.Store(time.Now().UnixNano())
_, writeErr := dst.Write(buf[:n])
if writeErr != nil {
return
}
lastActivity.Store(time.Now().UnixNano())
}
if readErr != nil {
return
}
}
}
// handleForward handles plain HTTP requests sent to the proxy as absolute

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@@ -898,3 +898,149 @@ func TestPinningProxy_StopIdempotent(t *testing.T) {
t.Fatalf("second Stop on stopped proxy: %v", err)
}
}
// tcpPair returns the two ends of a connected loopback TCP connection. Both
// ends are closed when the test finishes.
func tcpPair(t *testing.T) (net.Conn, net.Conn) {
t.Helper()
listener, err := net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("listen: %v", err)
}
defer func() { _ = listener.Close() }()
type accepted struct {
conn net.Conn
err error
}
acceptChan := make(chan accepted, 1)
go func() {
conn, acceptErr := listener.Accept()
acceptChan <- accepted{conn: conn, err: acceptErr}
}()
dialed, err := net.Dial("tcp", listener.Addr().String())
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("dial: %v", err)
}
res := <-acceptChan
if res.err != nil {
t.Fatalf("accept: %v", res.err)
}
t.Cleanup(func() {
_ = dialed.Close()
_ = res.conn.Close()
})
return dialed, res.conn
}
// TestSpliceTunnel_IdleTunnelIsClosed covers the leak where an upstream that
// accepted a CONNECT tunnel and then never spoke pinned both splice goroutines
// and both sockets for the lifetime of the process. A hijacked connection
// carries no deadline and net/http stops tracking it, so the idle bound in
// spliceTunnel is the only thing that ends such a tunnel.
func TestSpliceTunnel_IdleTunnelIsClosed(t *testing.T) {
// The peers are kept open by the pair's cleanup: the tunnel is silent, not
// finished.
client, _ := tcpPair(t)
upstream, _ := tcpPair(t)
done := make(chan struct{})
go func() {
spliceTunnel(client, upstream, nil, 100*time.Millisecond)
close(done)
}()
select {
case <-done:
case <-time.After(10 * time.Second):
t.Fatal("spliceTunnel did not return on an idle tunnel")
}
}
// TestSpliceTunnel_ClosingShutsTunnelDown verifies that stopping the proxy
// reaps in-flight tunnels. http.Server.Shutdown cannot: it stops tracking a
// connection once a handler hijacks it, so without this signal a tunnel would
// outlive the proxy and every Chromium restart after it.
func TestSpliceTunnel_ClosingShutsTunnelDown(t *testing.T) {
client, _ := tcpPair(t)
upstream, _ := tcpPair(t)
closing := make(chan struct{})
done := make(chan struct{})
go func() {
// An idle timeout far beyond the test: only closing can end this.
spliceTunnel(client, upstream, closing, time.Hour)
close(done)
}()
close(closing)
select {
case <-done:
case <-time.After(10 * time.Second):
t.Fatal("spliceTunnel did not return when the proxy shut down")
}
}
// TestSpliceTunnel_ActiveTransferOutlivesIdleTimeout guards the idle bound
// against cutting a healthy transfer. Idleness is tracked across both
// directions, so a download that keeps making progress must survive well past
// the timeout even though the client sends nothing throughout.
func TestSpliceTunnel_ActiveTransferOutlivesIdleTimeout(t *testing.T) {
const (
idleTimeout = 100 * time.Millisecond
chunks = 10
interval = 30 * time.Millisecond
)
client, clientPeer := tcpPair(t)
upstream, upstreamPeer := tcpPair(t)
done := make(chan struct{})
go func() {
spliceTunnel(client, upstream, nil, idleTimeout)
close(done)
}()
// Trickle a response for well over the idle timeout, then finish.
go func() {
for range chunks {
_, _ = upstreamPeer.Write([]byte("x"))
time.Sleep(interval)
}
_ = upstreamPeer.Close()
}()
received := 0
buf := make([]byte, chunks)
for received < chunks {
err := clientPeer.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(10 * time.Second))
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("set read deadline: %v", err)
}
n, readErr := clientPeer.Read(buf)
received += n
if readErr != nil {
break
}
}
if received != chunks {
t.Fatalf("received %d bytes, want %d: the tunnel was cut while still transferring", received, chunks)
}
select {
case <-done:
case <-time.After(10 * time.Second):
t.Fatal("spliceTunnel did not return after the upstream closed")
}
}