Integrated: 8280468: Crashes in getConfigColormap, getConfigVisualId, XVisualIDFromVisual on Linux
Maxim Kartashev
duke at openjdk.java.net
Wed Apr 27 18:23:41 UTC 2022
On Fri, 21 Jan 2022 17:02:38 GMT, Maxim Kartashev <duke at openjdk.java.net> wrote:
> These crashes were not reproducible, so the fix is based on a hypothesis that there are two possible reasons for them:
> 1. `makeDefaultConfig()` returning `NULL`.
> 2. A race condition when the number of screens changes.
> The race scenario: `X11GraphisDevice.makeDefaultConfiguration()` is called on EDT so the call can race with `X11GraphisDevice.invalidate()` that re-sets the screen number of the device; the latter is invoked on the `AWT-XAWT` thread from `X11GraphicsEnvironment.rebuildDevices()`. So by the time `makeDefaultConfiguration()` makes a native call with the device's current screen number, the `x11Screens` array maintained by the native code could have become shorter. And the native methods like `Java_sun_awt_X11GraphicsDevice_getConfigColormap()` assume that the number passed to them is always current and valid. The AWT lock only protects against the changes during the native methods invocation and does not protect against them being called with an outdated screen number. With a larger screen number, those methods read past the end of the `x11Screens` array.
>
> The fix for (1) is to die gracefully instead of crashing in an attempt to de-reference a `NULL` pointer, which might happen upon returning from `makeDefaultConfig()` in `getAllConfigs()`.
>
> The fix for (2) is to eliminate the race by protecting `X11GraphisDevice.screen` with the AWT lock such that it doesn't change when the native methods working with it are active.
>
> We've been shipping JetBrains Runtime with this fix for a few months now and there were no crash reports with those specific patterns against the versions with the fix.
This pull request has now been integrated.
Changeset: 05dac5a2
Author: Maxim Kartashev <maxim.kartashev at jetbrains.com>
Committer: Phil Race <prr at openjdk.org>
URL: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/commit/05dac5a23ed2813b2f4f2e4f007ebb93b4ae23ef
Stats: 79 lines in 3 files changed: 34 ins; 28 del; 17 mod
8280468: Crashes in getConfigColormap, getConfigVisualId, XVisualIDFromVisual on Linux
Reviewed-by: serb, prr
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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7182
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