http2: do not create ArrayBuffers when no DATA received

Lazily allocate `ArrayBuffer`s for the contents of DATA frames. Creating `ArrayBuffer`s is, sadly, not a cheap operation with V8. This is part of performance improvements to mitigate CVE-2019-9513. Together with the previous commit, these changes improve throughput in the adversarial case by about 100 %, and there is little more that we can do besides artificially limiting the rate of incoming metadata frames (i.e. after this patch, CPU usage is virtually exclusively in libnghttp2). [This backport also applies changes from 83e1b97 and required some manual work due to the lack of `AllocatedBuffer` on v10.x. More work was necessary for v8.x, including copying utilities for `util.h` from more recent Node.js versions.] Refs: #26201 Backport-PR-URL: #29124 PR-URL: #29122 Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
BethGriggs · Oct 30, 2018 · Oct 5, 2018 · Mar 29, 2019 · Apr 18, 2019 · Jun 27, 2019
commit 7de642b6f98dfa3347ae5ea9268e683a02cc42b1
diff --git a/src/node_http2.cc b/src/node_http2.cc
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ Http2Session::Http2Session(Environment* env,
         ArrayBuffer::New(env->isolate(), js_fields_, kSessionUint8FieldCount);
     Local<Uint8Array> uint8_arr =
         Uint8Array::New(ab, 0, kSessionUint8FieldCount);
-    /*USE*/(wrap->Set(env->context(), env->fields_string(), uint8_arr));
+    USE(wrap->Set(env->context(), env->fields_string(), uint8_arr));
   }
 }
 
@@ -702,6 +702,7 @@ Http2Session::~Http2Session() {
   DEBUG_HTTP2SESSION(this, "freeing nghttp2 session");
   nghttp2_session_del(session_);
   CHECK_EQ(current_nghttp2_memory_, 0);
+  free(stream_buf_allocation_.base);
 }
 
 inline bool HasHttp2Observer(Environment* env) {
@@ -1211,18 +1212,31 @@ inline int Http2Session::OnDataChunkReceived(nghttp2_session* handle,
 
   stream->statistics_.received_bytes += len;
 
+  Local<ArrayBuffer> ab;
+  if (session->stream_buf_ab_.IsEmpty()) {
+    ab = ArrayBuffer::New(env->isolate(),
+                          session->stream_buf_allocation_.base,
+                          session->stream_buf_allocation_.len,
+                          v8::ArrayBufferCreationMode::kInternalized);
+    session->stream_buf_allocation_ = uv_buf_init(nullptr, 0);
+    session->stream_buf_ab_.Reset(env->isolate(), ab);
+  } else {
+    ab = session->stream_buf_ab_.Get(env->isolate());
+  }
+
   // There is a single large array buffer for the entire data read from the
   // network; create a slice of that array buffer and emit it as the
   // received data buffer.
-  CHECK(!session->stream_buf_ab_.IsEmpty());
-  size_t offset = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(data) - session->stream_buf_;
+  size_t offset = data - reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(session->stream_buf_.base);
+
   // Verify that the data offset is inside the current read buffer.
-  CHECK_LE(offset, session->stream_buf_size_);
+  CHECK_LE(offset, session->stream_buf_.len);
+  CHECK_LE(offset + len, session->stream_buf_.len);
 
-  Local<Object> buf =
-      Buffer::New(env, session->stream_buf_ab_, offset, len).ToLocalChecked();
+  Local<Object> buffer =
+      Buffer::New(env, ab, offset, len).ToLocalChecked();
 
-  stream->EmitData(len, buf, Local<Object>());
+  stream->EmitData(len, buffer, Local<Object>());
   if (!stream->IsReading())
     stream->inbound_consumed_data_while_paused_ += len;
   else
@@ -1841,83 +1855,82 @@ void Http2Session::OnStreamAllocImpl(size_t suggested_size,
                                      uv_buf_t* buf,
                                      void* ctx) {
   Http2Session* session = static_cast<Http2Session*>(ctx);
-  CHECK_EQ(session->stream_buf_, nullptr);
-  CHECK_EQ(session->stream_buf_size_, 0);
-  buf->base = session->stream_buf_ = Malloc(suggested_size);
-  buf->len = session->stream_buf_size_ = suggested_size;
-  session->IncrementCurrentSessionMemory(suggested_size);
+  CHECK_EQ(session->stream_buf_.base, nullptr);
+  CHECK_EQ(session->stream_buf_.len, 0);
+  *buf = uv_buf_init(Malloc(suggested_size), suggested_size);
 }
 
 // Callback used to receive inbound data from the i/o stream
 void Http2Session::OnStreamReadImpl(ssize_t nread,
-                                    const uv_buf_t* buf,
+                                    const uv_buf_t* buf_,
                                     uv_handle_type pending,
                                     void* ctx) {
   Http2Session* session = static_cast<Http2Session*>(ctx);
   Http2Scope h2scope(session);
   CHECK_NE(session->stream_, nullptr);
   DEBUG_HTTP2SESSION2(session, "receiving %d bytes", nread);
+  CHECK_EQ(session->stream_buf_allocation_.base, nullptr);
+  CHECK(session->stream_buf_ab_.IsEmpty());
+
+  // Only pass data on if nread > 0
   if (nread <= 0) {
-    free(session->stream_buf_);
+    if (buf_ != nullptr)
+      free(buf_->base);
     if (nread < 0) {
       uv_buf_t tmp_buf = uv_buf_init(nullptr, 0);
       session->prev_read_cb_.fn(nread,
                                 &tmp_buf,
                                 pending,
                                 session->prev_read_cb_.ctx);
     }
-  } else {
-    // Only pass data on if nread > 0
-
-    // Verify that currently: There is memory allocated into which
-    // the data has been read, and that memory buffer is at least as large
-    // as the amount of data we have read, but we have not yet made an
-    // ArrayBuffer out of it.
-    CHECK_NE(session->stream_buf_, nullptr);
-    CHECK_EQ(session->stream_buf_, buf->base);
-    CHECK_EQ(session->stream_buf_size_, buf->len);
-    CHECK_GE(session->stream_buf_size_, static_cast<size_t>(nread));
-    CHECK(session->stream_buf_ab_.IsEmpty());
+    return;
+  }
 
-    Environment* env = session->env();
-    Isolate* isolate = env->isolate();
-    HandleScope scope(isolate);
-    Local<Context> context = env->context();
-    Context::Scope context_scope(context);
+  // Shrink to the actual amount of used data.
+  uv_buf_t buf = *buf_;
+  buf.base = Realloc(buf.base, nread);
+
+  session->IncrementCurrentSessionMemory(nread);
+  OnScopeLeave on_scope_leave([&]() {
+    // Once finished handling this write, reset the stream buffer.
+    // The memory has either been free()d or was handed over to V8.
+    // We use `nread` instead of `buf.size()` here, because the buffer is
+    // cleared as part of the `.ToArrayBuffer()` call below.
+    session->DecrementCurrentSessionMemory(nread);
+    session->stream_buf_ab_.Reset();
+    free(session->stream_buf_allocation_.base);
+    session->stream_buf_allocation_ = uv_buf_init(nullptr, 0);
+    session->stream_buf_ = uv_buf_init(nullptr, 0);
+  });
 
-    // Create an array buffer for the read data. DATA frames will be emitted
-    // as slices of this array buffer to avoid having to copy memory.
-    session->stream_buf_ab_ =
-        ArrayBuffer::New(isolate,
-                         session->stream_buf_,
-                         session->stream_buf_size_,
-                         v8::ArrayBufferCreationMode::kInternalized);
-
-    uv_buf_t buf_ = uv_buf_init(buf->base, nread);
-    session->statistics_.data_received += nread;
-    ssize_t ret = session->Write(&buf_, 1);
-
-    // Note: if ssize_t is not defined (e.g. on Win32), nghttp2 will typedef
-    // ssize_t to int. Cast here so that the < 0 check actually works on
-    // Windows.
-    if (static_cast<int>(ret) < 0) {
-      DEBUG_HTTP2SESSION2(session, "fatal error receiving data: %d", ret);
-
-      Local<Value> argv[1] = {
-        Integer::New(isolate, ret),
-      };
-      session->MakeCallback(env->error_string(), arraysize(argv), argv);
-    } else {
-      session->MaybeStopReading();
-    }
-  }
+  // Make sure that there was no read previously active.
+  CHECK_EQ(session->stream_buf_.base, nullptr);
+  CHECK_EQ(session->stream_buf_.len, 0);
+
+  // Remember the current buffer, so that OnDataChunkReceived knows the
+  // offset of a DATA frame's data into the socket read buffer.
+  session->stream_buf_ = uv_buf_init(buf.base, nread);
 
-  // Since we are finished handling this write, reset the stream buffer.
-  // The memory has either been free()d or was handed over to V8.
-  session->DecrementCurrentSessionMemory(session->stream_buf_size_);
-  session->stream_buf_ = nullptr;
-  session->stream_buf_size_ = 0;
-  session->stream_buf_ab_ = Local<ArrayBuffer>();
+  // Verify that currently: There is memory allocated into which
+  // the data has been read, and that memory buffer is at least as large
+  // as the amount of data we have read, but we have not yet made an
+  // ArrayBuffer out of it.
+  CHECK_LE(static_cast<size_t>(nread), session->stream_buf_.len);
+
+  // Store this so we can create an ArrayBuffer for read data from it.
+  // DATA frames will be emitted as slices of that ArrayBuffer to avoid having
+  // to copy memory.
+  session->stream_buf_allocation_ = buf;
+
+  session->statistics_.data_received += nread;
+  ssize_t ret = session->Write(&session->stream_buf_, 1);
+
+  if (UNLIKELY(ret < 0)) {
+    DEBUG_HTTP2SESSION2(session, "fatal error receiving data: %d", ret);
+    Local<Value> arg = Integer::New(session->env()->isolate(), ret);
+    session->MakeCallback(session->env()->error_string(), 1, &arg);
+    return;
+  }
 }
 
 void Http2Session::OnStreamDestructImpl(void* ctx) {

diff --git a/src/node_http2.h b/src/node_http2.h
@@ -834,10 +834,6 @@ class Http2Session : public AsyncWrap {
 
   size_t self_size() const override { return sizeof(*this); }
 
-  char* stream_alloc() {
-    return stream_buf_;
-  }
-
   // Schedule an RstStream for after the current write finishes.
   inline void AddPendingRstStream(int32_t stream_id) {
     pending_rst_streams_.emplace_back(stream_id);
@@ -1062,9 +1058,9 @@ class Http2Session : public AsyncWrap {
   // use this to allow timeout tracking during long-lasting writes
   uint32_t chunks_sent_since_last_write_ = 0;
 
-  char* stream_buf_ = nullptr;
-  size_t stream_buf_size_ = 0;
-  v8::Local<v8::ArrayBuffer> stream_buf_ab_;
+  uv_buf_t stream_buf_ = uv_buf_init(nullptr, 0);
+  v8::Global<v8::ArrayBuffer> stream_buf_ab_;
+  uv_buf_t stream_buf_allocation_ = uv_buf_init(nullptr, 0);
 
   size_t max_outstanding_pings_ = DEFAULT_MAX_PINGS;
   std::queue<Http2Ping*> outstanding_pings_;

diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
+#include <functional>
 #include <type_traits>  // std::remove_reference
 
 namespace node {
@@ -433,6 +434,17 @@ class BufferValue : public MaybeStackBuffer<char> {
   if (name##_length > 0)                                                      \
     CHECK_NE(name##_data, nullptr);
 
+// Use this when a variable or parameter is unused in order to explicitly
+// silence a compiler warning about that.
+template <typename T> inline void USE(T&&) {}
+
+// Run a function when exiting the current scope.
+struct OnScopeLeave {
+  std::function<void()> fn_;
+
+  explicit OnScopeLeave(std::function<void()> fn) : fn_(fn) {}
+  ~OnScopeLeave() { fn_(); }
+};
 
 }  // namespace node
 

diff --git a/test/sequential/test-http2-max-session-memory.js b/test/sequential/test-http2-max-session-memory.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const http2 = require('http2');
 
 // Test that maxSessionMemory Caps work
 
-const largeBuffer = Buffer.alloc(1e6);
+const largeBuffer = Buffer.alloc(2e6);
 
 const server = http2.createServer({ maxSessionMemory: 1 });