If the main request was finalized while a background request performed an
asynchronous operation, the main request ended up in ngx_http_writer() and was
not finalized until a network event or a timeout. For example, cache
background update with aio enabled made nginx unable to process further client
requests or close the connection, keeping it open until client closes it.
Now regular finalization of the main request is not suspended because of an
asynchronous operation in another request.
If a background request was terminated while an asynchronous operation was in
progress, background request's write event handler was changed to
ngx_http_request_finalizer() and never called again.
Now, whenever a request is terminated while an asynchronous operation is in
progress, connection error flag is set to make further finalizations of any
request with this connection lead to termination.
These issues appeared in 1aeaae6e9446 (not yet released).
In http these checks were changed in a6d6d762c554, though mail module
was missed at that time. Since then, the stream module was introduced
based on mail, using "== NGX_ERROR" check.
With OpenSSL 1.1.0+, the workaround for handshake buffer size as introduced
in a720f0b0e083 (ticket #413) no longer works, as OpenSSL no longer exposes
handshake buffers, see https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/2e7dc7cd688.
Moreover, it is no longer possible to adjust handshake buffers at all now.
To avoid additional RTT if handshake uses more than 4k we now set TCP_NODELAY
on SSL connections before handshake. While this still results in sub-optimal
network utilization due to incomplete packets being sent, it seems to be
better than nothing.
Previously, cache background update might not work as expected, making client
wait for it to complete before receiving the final part of a stale response.
This could happen if the response could not be sent to the client socket in one
filter chain call.
Now background cache update is done in a background subrequest. This type of
subrequest does not block any other subrequests or the main request.
Previously, the read event of the accepted connection was marked ready, but not
available. This made EPOLLRDHUP-related code (for example, in ngx_unix_recv())
expect more data from the socket, leading to unexpected behavior.
For example, if SSL, PROXY protocol and deferred accept were enabled on a listen
socket, the client connection was aborted due to unexpected return value of
c->recv().
If allocation of cleanup handler in the HTTP/2 header filter failed, then
a stream might be freed with a HEADERS frame left in the output queue.
Now the HEADERS frame is accounted in the queue before trying to allocate
the cleanup handler.
Instead of highlighting directives in arbitrary positions, proper
parsing of nginx.conf syntax was implemented, matching what nginx does
internally. This allows vim to correctly highlight various complex cases,
including:
return 301 http://example.com/path#fragment";
and also avoids highlighting of parameters as directives, as in
server_name missing.semicolon.example.com
index index.php;
where "index" is not a directive but a parameter of the "server_name"
directive due to missing semicolon.
Most important downside of this approach seems to be that there is no
easy way to introduce directive-specific parameters. As such, only "listen"
directive parameters were preserved.
Abnormally exited workers may leave locked cache entries, this can
result in the cache size on disk exceeding max_size and shared memory
exhaustion.
This change mitigates the issue by ignoring locked entries during forced
expire. It also increases the visibility of the problem by logging such
entries.
Previously, an allocation error resulted in uninitialized memory access
when evaluating $upstream_http_ variables.
On a related note, see r->headers_out.headers cleanup work in 0cdee26605f3.
Oracle Developer Studio 12.5 introduced GCC-compatible __sync builtins.
Unfortunately, these builtins are neither GCC-compatible (they generate
warnings when used with volatile), nor working (unexpectedly fail on
unpredictable combinations of code layout and compiler flags). As such,
the gcc builtin atomic operations configure test explicitly disabled when
compiling with Sun C.
In ac9b1df5b246 (1.13.0) we attempted to allow renegotiation in client mode,
but when using OpenSSL 1.0.2 or older versions it was additionally disabled
by SSL3_FLAGS_NO_RENEGOTIATE_CIPHERS.
If initialization of a header failed for some reason after ngx_list_push(),
leaving the header as is can result in uninitialized memory access by
the header filter or the log module. The fix is to clear partially
initialized headers in case of errors.
For the Cache-Control header, the fix is to postpone pushing
r->headers_out.cache_control until its value is completed.
Previously, ngx_http_sub_header_filter() could fail with a partially
initialized context, later accessed in ngx_http_sub_body_filter()
if called from the perl content handler.
The issue had appeared in 2c045e5b8291 (1.9.4).
A better fix would be to handle ngx_http_send_header() errors in
the perl module, though this doesn't seem to be easy enough.
The SSL_CTRL_SET_CURVES_LIST macro is removed in the OpenSSL master branch.
SSL_CTX_set1_curves_list is preserved as compatibility with previous versions.
CVE-2009-3555 is no longer relevant and mitigated by the renegotiation
info extension (secure renegotiation). On the other hand, unexpected
renegotiation still introduces potential security risks, and hence we do
not allow renegotiation on the server side, as we never request renegotiation.
On the client side the situation is different though. There are backends
which explicitly request renegotiation, and disabled renegotiation
introduces interoperability problems. This change allows renegotiation
on the client side, and fixes interoperability problems as observed with
such backends (ticket #872).
Additionally, with TLSv1.3 the SSL_CB_HANDSHAKE_START flag is currently set
by OpenSSL when receiving a NewSessionTicket message, and was detected by
nginx as a renegotiation attempt. This looks like a bug in OpenSSL, though
this change also allows better interoperability till the problem is fixed.
Previously, the source IP address of a response UDP datagram could differ from
the original datagram destination address. This could happen if the server UDP
socket is bound to a wildcard address and the network interface chosen to output
the response packet has a different default address than the destination address
of the original packet. For example, if two addresses from the same network are
configured on an interface.
Now source address is set explicitly if a response is sent for a server UDP
socket bound to a wildcard address.
This change adds "http_429" parameter to "proxy_next_upstream" for
retrying rate-limited requests, and to "proxy_cache_use_stale" for
serving stale cached responses after being rate-limited.
Signed-off-by: Piotr Sikora <piotrsikora@google.com>