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Priority: ➖ Normal — Schedule this process-signalling fix because it closes a medium-severity PID-reuse risk across execution, shutdown, and timeout paths while retaining a kernel compatibility fallback. Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Severity of issue fixed: Medium Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant ExecutionState
participant ProcessInstance
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ExecutionState->>ProcessInstance: signal(signal, process_group)
ProcessInstance->>Kernel: pidfd_send_signal(pidfd, signal)
Kernel->>TargetProcess: deliver signal to captured incarnation
Kernel-->>ProcessInstance: signal result
ProcessInstance-->>ExecutionState: success or not-current result
Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The change is not ready to merge because its pidfd capture and error handling can still direct signals using an invalid process identity, potentially affecting unrelated processes. Tests also need to support hosts where pidfds are unavailable. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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pidfd_send_signal/probe currently interpret libc::syscall return values as -errno, which is incorrect and can cause wrong error handling in production.
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Pull request overview
This PR hardens the guest exec signalling path against PID-reuse TOCTOU by capturing a pidfd at spawn time and using pidfd_send_signal for kernel-atomic signalling (with /proc/<pid>/stat start-time fallback when pidfd_open isn’t available).
Changes:
- Extend
ProcessInstanceto carry an optionalpidfdand route single-PID and group-leader probe signalling throughpidfd_send_signal. - Update call sites impacted by
ProcessInstancemoving fromCopytoClone(timeout watcher and execution state). - Add/adjust tests and documentation to cover the pidfd path and the
/procfallback.
File summaries
| File | Description |
|---|---|
| src/guest/src/service/exec/process_instance.rs | Adds pidfd capture + pidfd-based signal/probe paths and new tests. |
| src/guest/src/service/exec/state.rs | Adapts ProcessInstance usage to Clone semantics; stabilizes a flaky FD-number test with a guard. |
| src/guest/src/service/exec/timeout.rs | Avoids moving ProcessInstance out of &self by matching on &Option<_>. |
| src/guest/src/service/exec/mod.rs | Clones the captured process identity so the timeout watcher and state share it. |
| docs/investigations/pidfd-signal-claim.md | Adds a design/verification note documenting the approach and rationale. |
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src/guest/src/service/exec/process_instance.rs:183
- Same issue in
probe_via_pidfd: it treats thesyscallreturn value as-errno, but the libc wrapper returns-1and stores the real error inerrno. UsingErrno::last()here avoids incorrectly treating every failure asEPERM.
match Errno::from_raw((-ret) as i32) {
Errno::ESRCH => false,
// Same reaped-vs-real distinction as `send_signal_via_pidfd`: a
// reaped pidfd returns EPERM on some kernels (→ not alive); a
// live-setuid leader is still our incarnation (→ alive, let
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| // `libc::syscall` returns `-errno` (negative `c_long`) on failure; | ||
| // `Errno::from_raw` is `pub const fn` in nix 0.29, so there is no | ||
| // `Errno::last()` read that could race with another thread's syscall. | ||
| if ret == 0 { | ||
| Ok(true) | ||
| } else { | ||
| match Errno::from_raw((-ret) as i32) { | ||
| Errno::ESRCH => Ok(false), | ||
| Errno::EPERM if !self.is_current() => Ok(false), | ||
| other => Err(other), | ||
| } | ||
| } |
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In `@src/guest/src/service/exec/process_instance.rs`:
- Around line 339-340: Update the affected guest unit tests around the pidfd
assertions to allow supported fallback-only hosts: after explicitly cleaning up
the child, skip each pidfd-specific assertion when the captured identity lacks a
pidfd, while retaining the existing assertions on pidfd-capable hosts. Do not
alter the forced-fallback tests, which provide the fallback coverage.
- Line 43: Update ProcessInstance creation so it receives a creation-time pidfd
from the spawner, preferably via CLONE_PIDFD, instead of calling
Self::open_pidfd(pid) after capture reads start_time. Store and reuse that pidfd
for signaling, ensuring the child cannot be reaped and the PID reused before
acquisition; only retain delayed pidfd_open when the spawning flow guarantees
exclusive reaping.
- Line 153: Update the failure branch around the nix::libc::syscall result in
probe_via_pidfd to use Errno::last() when ret is negative, instead of converting
-ret to an Errno. Preserve the existing handling for successful syscall results
and the subsequent error-dependent control flow.
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| pub(crate) fn capture(pid: Pid) -> Option<Self> { | ||
| Self::start_time_for(pid).map(|start_time| Self { pid, start_time }) | ||
| let start_time = Self::start_time_for(pid)?; | ||
| let pidfd = Self::open_pidfd(pid); |
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Denial of Service (CWE-367): Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Reachability: External · Exploitability: Difficult
Acquire the pidfd at process creation.
capture reads start_time before it calls pidfd_open(pid). The execution path registers the child with the reaper only after capture returns. If the child exits, the reaper collects it, and the PID is reused in that interval, the pidfd can refer to an unrelated process. The pidfd signaling path does not re-check start_time.
Pass a creation-time pidfd from the spawner, such as one obtained with CLONE_PIDFD, into ProcessInstance. A delayed pidfd_open(pid) is safe only when no other actor can reap the child.
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In `@src/guest/src/service/exec/process_instance.rs` at line 43, Update
ProcessInstance creation so it receives a creation-time pidfd from the spawner,
preferably via CLONE_PIDFD, instead of calling Self::open_pidfd(pid) after
capture reads start_time. Store and reuse that pidfd for signaling, ensuring the
child cannot be reaped and the PID reused before acquisition; only retain
delayed pidfd_open when the spawning flow guarantees exclusive reaping.
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@sparkzky please. seems just use a bug to fix anothers. Totally, it is a good idea to use pidfd to fix it, but the method need more work.
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Linux man-pages syscall(2) libc syscall return value errno on error
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The syscall(2) function is a library function used to invoke a system call by its number [1][2]. Regarding its return value and error handling: Return Value and Error Handling In general, syscall(2) returns the value provided by the system call it invokes [1][3]. If the system call succeeds, this return value is passed back to the caller [3]. If the system call fails, syscall(2) returns -1 and sets the global variable errno to the appropriate error code [1][3]. Underlying Mechanism When a system call fails, the kernel typically returns a negative value (representing the error code) to the CPU register used for return values [4]. The syscall(2) wrapper function (as well as standard glibc wrapper functions) detects this, negates the value to make it positive, stores it in errno, and returns -1 to the application [4]. Architecture Nuances While the standard behavior described above is consistent across most architectures, there are exceptions: - On a few architectures, a specific register or flag (such as a carry bit or status bit) is used as a boolean indicator to signal failure, while the actual error value remains in the return register [5][6][7]. - Regardless of the underlying architecture-specific implementation details, the syscall(2) interface provides a uniform abstraction to the user, ensuring that -1 is returned upon failure and the error code is available in errno [1][3]. Important Considerations - Invalid System Calls: If an invalid system call number is specified, syscall(2) returns -1 and sets errno to ENOSYS [1][3]. - Unsupported System Calls: Using syscall(2) with system calls that affect internal process or thread state (such as clone(2), fork(2), or sigreturn(2)) can result in undefined behavior and is not recommended [3].
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- 1: https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/syscall.2.html
- 2: https://linux.die.net/man/2/syscall
- 3: https://www.sourceware.org/glibc/manual/latest/html_node/System-Calls.html
- 4: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/syscalls.2.html
- 5: https://man.archlinux.org/man/syscall.2.en
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- 7: https://manpages.opensuse.org/Leap-15.6/man-pages/syscall.2.en.html
Read errno after nix::libc::syscall fails.
The bound nix::libc::syscall returns -1 and stores the actual error in thread-local errno; it does not return -errno. Therefore, (-ret) as i32 converts every failure to EPERM. A non-EPERM failure while is_current() is true can make probe_via_pidfd proceed to getpgid and kill(-pgid). Use Errno::last() when ret < 0.
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In `@src/guest/src/service/exec/process_instance.rs` at line 153, Update the
failure branch around the nix::libc::syscall result in probe_via_pidfd to use
Errno::last() when ret is negative, instead of converting -ret to an Errno.
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| identity.has_pidfd(), | ||
| "pidfd must be captured so the group probe is atomic" |
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Allow supported fallback-only test hosts.
open_pidfd intentionally returns None when pidfds are unavailable or blocked. Each of these tests instead requires has_pidfd(), so the guest unit suite fails on hosts that must use the supported /proc fallback.
Skip pidfd-specific assertions after explicit child cleanup when capture has no pidfd. Keep the existing forced-fallback tests as the fallback coverage.
Also applies to: 376-377, 402-402, 432-432
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In `@src/guest/src/service/exec/process_instance.rs` around lines 339 - 340,
Update the affected guest unit tests around the pidfd assertions to allow
supported fallback-only hosts: after explicitly cleaning up the child, skip each
pidfd-specific assertion when the captured identity lacks a pidfd, while
retaining the existing assertions on pidfd-capable hosts. Do not alter the
forced-fallback tests, which provide the fallback coverage.
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| # pidfd signal claim — close issue #1184's residual TOCTOU | |||
PR boxlite-ai#1185 guarded every signal path with a /proc/<pid>/stat start-time fingerprint before kill(pid), but the comparison and the kill are not kernel-atomic: a PID can recycle between them and the kill lands on the new owner. The issue's kernel repro reached it in ~9.5 minutes of forks. Capture a pidfd at spawn (pidfd_open, Linux 5.3+) and signal via pidfd_send_signal, which is kernel-atomic: ESRCH (or EPERM on some configurations) once the incarnation is gone, never signals a recycled owner. Applies to both the single-pid path and the group path's leader probe (pidfd_send_signal(fd, 0) before getpgid + kill(-pgid)). On EPERM, re-check the /proc start-time to distinguish a reaped incarnation (the kernel returns EPERM, not the documented ESRCH, for a reaped pidfd under the Rust runtime on kernel 5.4) from a real permission denial (child setuid'd to a different user after capture). The /proc start-time path remains the ENOSYS fallback on kernels without pidfd_open. Fixes boxlite-ai#1184 Signed-off-by: sparkzky <sparkhhhhhhhhhh@outlook.com>
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src/guest/src/service/exec/process_instance.rs:156
libc::syscallfollows the libc ABI: failures return-1and store the actual errno in thread-localerrno; they do not return-errno. Consequently(-ret) as i32is always1here, so every failedpidfd_send_signalis decoded asEPERM; theESRCHarm never matches and other errors are misreported. ReadErrno::last()immediately after the failed syscall.
match Errno::from_raw((-ret) as i32) {
Errno::ESRCH => Ok(false),
Errno::EPERM if !self.is_current() => Ok(false),
other => Err(other),
src/guest/src/service/exec/process_instance.rs:377
- The production code documents a fallback for kernels without
pidfd_open, but this test hard-fails whenever that fallback is selected. That makes the unit suite incompatible with the older kernels this change claims to support; skip this pidfd-specific test (with child cleanup) whenhas_pidfd()is false.
assert!(
identity.has_pidfd(),
"pidfd must be captured on a kernel with pidfd_open (>= 5.3)"
src/guest/src/service/exec/process_instance.rs:402
- This unconditional
has_pidfd()assertion makes the live-signal test fail on the supported fallback path (pidfd_openunavailable), instead of testing signal delivery through/proc/kill. Gate the pidfd-specific assertion/branch on availability and keep the child cleanup correct for the fallback environment.
assert!(identity.has_pidfd(), "pidfd must be captured");
src/guest/src/service/exec/process_instance.rs:432
- Like the other new pidfd tests, this unconditional assertion fails on kernels where the documented
pidfd_openfallback is used, so the post-exit safety test cannot run there. Make the pidfd-specific check conditional/skip this test with proper child cleanup rather than turning the supported fallback into a test failure.
assert!(identity.has_pidfd(), "pidfd must be captured");
src/guest/src/service/exec/process_instance.rs:31
- The new
OwnedFdis stored outsideInner, sorelease_resources()only drops the I/O handle and leaves this pidfd alive until the entireExecutionStateis dropped. Retained executions keep their state for the registry's retention window (up to 64 entries), adding up to 64 kernel fds that are not included in retention/resource accounting; on guests with a lowRLIMIT_NOFILE, high-churn workloads can exhaust descriptors sooner. Drop the pidfd when terminal resources are released or account it in the retention limit.
/// Kernel-atomic incarnation pin. `None` when `pidfd_open` failed; the
/// `/proc` start-time path remains the fallback in that case. Shared via
/// `Arc` so every clone of one `ProcessInstance` owns one fd, closed when
/// the last clone is dropped.
pidfd: Option<Arc<OwnedFd>>,
src/guest/src/service/exec/process_instance.rs:406
- The added tests only verify signalling a live child and signalling after an exited, unreused PID. Both scenarios also pass if this regresses to the old
/procstart-time check followed bykill(pid), so the PR's central PID-reuse guarantee is not covered by the automated suite. Add a deterministic PID-reuse test or an injected pidfd-path test that proves a replacement process remains untouched.
assert!(identity
.signal(Signal::SIGTERM, false)
.expect("signal the matching incarnation"));
src/guest/src/service/exec/state.rs:662
reap_test_guard()only serializes tests that explicitly acquire that lock; other guest tests still spawn processes and allocate descriptors without it (for example,container/lifecycle.rs'sinit_pipe_handle_failure_reaps_init). Those tests can still recycletask_raw_fdbetweenrelease_resources()and the assertion, so this change does not remove the fd-number race it documents. Use a lock shared by every fd-number-sensitive test or assert ownership of the descriptor rather than whether its number is open.
let _test_guard = crate::reaper::reap_test_guard().await;
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| let start_time = Self::start_time_for(pid)?; | ||
| let pidfd = Self::open_pidfd(pid); |
| let ret = unsafe { nix::libc::syscall(nix::libc::SYS_pidfd_open, pid.as_raw(), 0u32) }; | ||
| if ret < 0 { | ||
| return None; |
| if ret == 0 { | ||
| return true; | ||
| } | ||
| match Errno::from_raw((-ret) as i32) { |
| assert!( | ||
| identity.has_pidfd(), | ||
| "pidfd must be captured so the group probe is atomic" |
Summary
Closes the residual TOCTOU between PR #1185's
/proc/<pid>/statstart-time check and thekill(pid)syscall — a PID can recycle between the two non-atomic syscalls — by capturing apidfdat spawn and signalling via the kernel-atomicpidfd_send_signal.Call graph
Before
spawn_execution (GuestServer · src/guest/src/service/exec/mod.rs:413) — captures pid + /proc start_time
└─ ExecutionState::signal_if_current (ExecutionState · src/guest/src/service/exec/state.rs:535)
└─ ProcessInstance::signal (ProcessInstance · src/guest/src/service/exec/process_instance.rs:20) ← BUG: is_current() reads /proc, then kill(pid) — two non-atomic syscalls; PID can recycle between them
└─ kill(pid, signal) (nix · process_instance.rs:36) — can land on a recycled owner
After
spawn_execution (GuestServer · src/guest/src/service/exec/mod.rs:413) — captures pid + /proc start_time + pidfd
└─ ExecutionState::signal_if_current (ExecutionState · src/guest/src/service/exec/state.rs:535)
└─ ProcessInstance::signal (ProcessInstance · src/guest/src/service/exec/process_instance.rs:62) — routes by process_group
└─ send_signal_via_pidfd (ProcessInstance · src/guest/src/service/exec/process_instance.rs:135)
└─ pidfd_send_signal(fd, signal) (kernel) — atomic; ESRCH/EPERM once the incarnation is gone, never reaches a recycled owner
Fixes #1184
Changes
ProcessInstancegainsOption<Arc<OwnedFd>>pidfd;captureopens it at spawn viapidfd_open(Linux 5.3+);Copy→Clone(shared viaArc, one fd per incarnation).KillRPC,shutdown_all, timeout watcher,abort_unpublished) usespidfd_send_signal(atomic); the group path usespidfd_send_signal(fd, 0)as the leader probe beforegetpgid+kill(-pgid).EPERM, re-check the/procstart-time (is_current()) to distinguish a reaped incarnation (the kernel returns EPERM, not the documented ESRCH, for a reaped pidfd under the Rust runtime on 5.4) from a real permission denial (childsetuid'd); reaped →Ok(false), live →Err(EPERM)propagated./procstart-time path remains theENOSYSfallback on kernels withoutpidfd_open— no behavior change on old kernels.Copy→Cloneripple:state.rs(twoas_ref()),timeout.rs(one&self.process),mod.rs(process_for_timeout = process.clone()before the state takesprocessby value).reap_test_guardtorelease_closes_handle_fds_and_aborts_forwarders_idempotently— its raw-fd-number check is racy under parallel fd churn; the new pidfd tests increased the churn and made a pre-existing flakiness deterministic.How to verify
make fmt:check:rustmake clippy(covers thex86_64-unknown-linux-muslcross-target)make test:unit:rust, or scoped:cargo test -p boxlite-guest --bin boxlite-guest 'service::exec::'(69 pass) and'reaper::'(19 pass)open_pidfd→pidfd_is_captured_for_a_live_processfails; revertsend_signal_via_pidfd→Ok(false)→pidfd_signal_reaches_a_live_processfails; revertprobe_via_pidfd→false→process_group_signal_reaches_a_background_descendantfails.Risks / rollout
pidfd_open; older kernels getENOSYSand fall back to PR fix(exec): signal executions through a verifiable exit claim #1185's/procstart-time path (no behavior change).is_current()re-check.getpgidwindow —kill(-pgid)is pgid-number-safe; the narrower "recycled PID re-setsids to the same pgid" residual is issue Kill on a finished execution can signal an unrelated process after PID reuse #1184's named "follow-up group primitive".