node/test/addons/null-buffer-neuter
Anna Henningsen c1ee70ec16
buffer,n-api: release external buffers from BackingStore callback
Release `Buffer` and `ArrayBuffer` instances that were created through
our addon APIs and have finalizers attached to them only after V8 has
called the deleter callback passed to the `BackingStore`, instead of
relying on our own GC callback(s).

This fixes the following race condition:

1. Addon code allocates pointer P via `malloc`.
2. P is passed into `napi_create_external_buffer` with a finalization
   callback which calls `free(P)`. P is inserted into V8’s global array
   buffer table for tracking.
3. The finalization callback is executed on GC. P is freed and returned
   to the allocator. P is not yet removed from V8’s global array
   buffer table. (!)
4. Addon code attempts to allocate memory once again. The allocator
   returns P, as it is now available.
5. P is passed into `napi_create_external_buffer`. P still has not been
   removed from the v8 global array buffer table.
6. The world ends with `Check failed: result.second`.

Since our API contract is to call the finalizer on the JS thread on
which the `ArrayBuffer` was created, but V8 may call the `BackingStore`
deleter callback on another thread, fixing this requires posting
a task back to the JS thread.

Refs: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/32463#issuecomment-625877175
Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/32463

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/33321
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
2020-05-16 12:15:07 +02:00
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binding.cc
binding.gyp
test.js