Fix #12203: return NULL after flb_worker_context_create failure in flb_log_create - #12274
Fix #12203: return NULL after flb_worker_context_create failure in flb_log_create#12274MsfPablo wants to merge 1 commit into
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| mk_event_loop_destroy(log->evl); | ||
| flb_free(log); | ||
| config->log = NULL; | ||
| return NULL; |
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When flb_worker_context_create() fails after the logger pipe, metrics, mutexes, and possibly the file sink have already been initialized, this new return NULL leaves those resources behind and clears config->log, so later flb_config_exit() cannot call flb_log_destroy() to clean them up. In startup or embedded callers that retry after a transient allocation failure, each failed attempt leaks the pipe descriptors, cmetrics state, and an open log file when FLB_LOG_FILE was selected; this failure path should mirror the relevant pre-thread cleanup before returning.
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^ @MsfPablo We need to release resources on exceptions.
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| mk_event_loop_destroy(log->evl); | ||
| flb_free(log); | ||
| config->log = NULL; | ||
| return NULL; |
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^ @MsfPablo We need to release resources on exceptions.
flb_log_create() did not return after flb_worker_context_create() failed, so execution fell through to flb_log_worker_init() with a freed log and a NULL worker. Return NULL there, and release what has actually been set up: the failure paths that run after the channel manager pipe exists were freeing only the event loop and the context, leaking the pipe descriptors, the cmetrics state and, when FLB_LOG_FILE was selected, an open log file. Because config->log is cleared on those paths, flb_config_exit() cannot reach flb_log_destroy() to clean up later, so a caller that retries after a transient allocation failure leaks on every attempt. flb_log_destroy() cannot be reused for this: it joins log->tid and dereferences log->worker, neither of which exists before the collector thread starts. log_create_cleanup() covers the pre-thread subset. Signed-off-by: Pablo Garcia Caceres <pablogarciacaceres5@gmail.com>
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Thanks — you're right, and it went further than the new return path. Every failure path after the channel manager pipe is created was only freeing the event loop and the log context, so the pipe descriptors, the cmetrics state, and the open log file (when I couldn't reuse I also rewrote the commit: it was missing the |
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In `@src/flb_log.c`:
- Around line 1004-1022: Extend log_create_cleanup to handle every pre-thread
failure stage, including failures from flb_pipe_create and flb_worker_create.
Add stage-aware cleanup for out_fd, queue mutexes, metrics, ch_mng, the sink,
worker cache, pth_mutex, and pth_cond, and reuse the worker-cache cleanup
performed by flb_log_destroy instead of freeing log->worker directly. Update
both failure paths to invoke the appropriate cleanup before clearing
config->log.
- Line 1116: Clear the flb_worker_ctx TLS slot before freeing worker on every
failed setup path, including failures in flb_log_worker_init() and later
flb_worker_create(). Update the cleanup flow around log_create_cleanup and the
corresponding worker-free paths, or delay FLB_TLS_SET(flb_worker_ctx, worker)
until initialization succeeds.
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| /* | ||
| * Release everything flb_log_create() has set up so far, for the failure | ||
| * paths that run after the channel manager pipe exists but before the | ||
| * collector thread is started. flb_log_destroy() cannot be used there: it | ||
| * joins log->tid and dereferences log->worker, neither of which is valid | ||
| * yet. | ||
| */ | ||
| static void log_create_cleanup(struct flb_log *log, struct flb_config *config) | ||
| { | ||
| flb_log_metrics_destroy(log->metrics); | ||
| flb_pipe_destroy(log->ch_mng); | ||
| log_close_sink(log); | ||
| pthread_mutex_destroy(&log->queue_mutex); | ||
| pthread_mutex_destroy(&log->pipeline_queue.mutex); | ||
| mk_event_loop_destroy(log->evl); | ||
| flb_free(log); | ||
| config->log = NULL; | ||
| } | ||
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Extend cleanup to every pre-thread failure path.
log_create_cleanup() is not used when flb_pipe_create() fails or when flb_worker_create() fails. The first path can leak log->out_fd and both queue mutexes. The second path can leak metrics, the channel-manager pipe, the sink, the worker cache, pth_mutex, and pth_cond. It also frees log->worker without the cache cleanup used by flb_log_destroy(). Since flb_config_exit() skips flb_log_destroy() after config->log is cleared, add stage-aware cleanup for both exits.
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In `@src/flb_log.c` around lines 1004 - 1022, Extend log_create_cleanup to handle
every pre-thread failure stage, including failures from flb_pipe_create and
flb_worker_create. Add stage-aware cleanup for out_fd, queue mutexes, metrics,
ch_mng, the sink, worker cache, pth_mutex, and pth_cond, and reuse the
worker-cache cleanup performed by flb_log_destroy instead of freeing log->worker
directly. Update both failure paths to invoke the appropriate cleanup before
clearing config->log.
| mk_event_loop_destroy(log->evl); | ||
| flb_free(log); | ||
| config->log = NULL; | ||
| log_create_cleanup(log, config); |
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Clear flb_worker_ctx before freeing worker.
FLB_TLS_SET(flb_worker_ctx, worker) runs before flb_log_worker_init(). When initialization fails, this path frees worker but leaves the TLS slot pointing to freed memory. The later flb_worker_create() failure has the same issue. Clear the slot before either free, or delay the assignment until worker setup completes.
Suggested fix
ret = flb_log_worker_init(worker);
if (ret == -1) {
flb_errno();
+ FLB_TLS_SET(flb_worker_ctx, NULL);
log_create_cleanup(log, config);
flb_free(worker);
return NULL;
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In `@src/flb_log.c` at line 1116, Clear the flb_worker_ctx TLS slot before freeing
worker on every failed setup path, including failures in flb_log_worker_init()
and later flb_worker_create(). Update the cleanup flow around log_create_cleanup
and the corresponding worker-free paths, or delay FLB_TLS_SET(flb_worker_ctx,
worker) until initialization succeeds.
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Fixes #12203
When
flb_worker_context_create()fails insideflb_log_create(), theexisting code destroyed
log->evl, freedlog, setconfig->log = NULL,but then continued execution. The subsequent
flb_log_worker_init(worker)call receives
worker == NULLand either dereferences NULL (when the cacheis created) or reads the freed
log->evl(when cache creation also fails).Add
return NULL;immediately after the cleanup so the rest of the functionis reachable only when both
logandworkerare valid.Severity: Low — OOM-only availability bug.
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