Bug with TLSv1.3 session resumption (most likely caused by concurrency bug)

Xue-Lei Fan xuelei.fan at oracle.com
Thu Mar 4 16:22:23 UTC 2021


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Xuelei

On Mar 4, 2021, at 6:11 AM, Norman Maurer <norman.maurer at googlemail.com<mailto:norman.maurer at googlemail.com>> wrote:

Hi there,

I think I found a bug in the TLSv1.3 session cache implementation which sometimes can cause failures during session resumption.
The cause of this sometimes show up as NPE:

javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Session has no PSK
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.Alert.createSSLException(Alert.java:133)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.Alert.createSSLException(Alert.java:117)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.fatal(TransportContext.java:336)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.fatal(TransportContext.java:292)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.fatal(TransportContext.java:283)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.PreSharedKeyExtension.checkBinder(PreSharedKeyExtension.java:537)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.PreSharedKeyExtension$CHPreSharedKeyUpdate.consume(PreSharedKeyExtension.java:528)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLExtension.consumeOnTrade(SSLExtension.java:583)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLExtensions.consumeOnTrade(SSLExtensions.java:222)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.ServerHello$T13ServerHelloProducer.produce(ServerHello.java:539)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLHandshake.produce(SSLHandshake.java:436)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.ClientHello$T13ClientHelloConsumer.goServerHello(ClientHello.java:1234)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.ClientHello$T13ClientHelloConsumer.consume(ClientHello.java:1170)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.ClientHello$ClientHelloConsumer.onClientHello(ClientHello.java:852)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.ClientHello$ClientHelloConsumer.consume(ClientHello.java:813)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLHandshake.consume(SSLHandshake.java:392)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.HandshakeContext.dispatch(HandshakeContext.java:443)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLEngineImpl$DelegatedTask$DelegatedAction.run(SSLEngineImpl.java:1074)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLEngineImpl$DelegatedTask$DelegatedAction.run(SSLEngineImpl.java:1061)
at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLEngineImpl$DelegatedTask.run(SSLEngineImpl.java:1008)
at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.runAllDelegatedTasks(SslHandler.java:1557)
at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.runDelegatedTasks(SslHandler.java:1571)
at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.unwrap(SslHandler.java:1455)
at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.decodeJdkCompatible(SslHandler.java:1282)
at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.decode(SslHandler.java:1329)
at io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageDecoder.decodeRemovalReentryProtection(ByteToMessageDecoder.java:508)
at io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageDecoder.callDecode(ByteToMessageDecoder.java:447)
at io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageDecoder.channelRead(ByteToMessageDecoder.java:276)
at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:379)
at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:365)
at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:357)
at io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$HeadContext.channelRead(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:1410)
at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:379)
at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:365)
at io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.fireChannelRead(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:919)
at io.netty.channel.nio.AbstractNioByteChannel$NioByteUnsafe.read(AbstractNioByteChannel.java:166)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKey(NioEventLoop.java:719)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKeysOptimized(NioEventLoop.java:655)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKeys(NioEventLoop.java:581)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.run(NioEventLoop.java:493)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor$4.run(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:989)
at io.netty.util.internal.ThreadExecutorMap$2.run(ThreadExecutorMap.java:74)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.FastThreadLocalRunnable.run(FastThreadLocalRunnable.java:30)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:834)
java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.HKDF.extract(HKDF.java:93)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.HKDF.extract(HKDF.java:119)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.ServerHello.setUpPskKD(ServerHello.java:1169)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.ServerHello$T13ServerHelloProducer.produce(ServerHello.java:547)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLHandshake.produce(SSLHandshake.java:436)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.ClientHello$T13ClientHelloConsumer.goServerHello(ClientHello.java:1234)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.ClientHello$T13ClientHelloConsumer.consume(ClientHello.java:1170)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.ClientHello$ClientHelloConsumer.onClientHello(ClientHello.java:852)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.ClientHello$ClientHelloConsumer.consume(ClientHello.java:813)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLHandshake.consume(SSLHandshake.java:392)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.HandshakeContext.dispatch(HandshakeContext.java:443)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLEngineImpl$DelegatedTask$DelegatedAction.run(SSLEngineImpl.java:1074)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLEngineImpl$DelegatedTask$DelegatedAction.run(SSLEngineImpl.java:1061)
at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLEngineImpl$DelegatedTask.run(SSLEngineImpl.java:1008)
at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.runAllDelegatedTasks(SslHandler.java:1557)
at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.runDelegatedTasks(SslHandler.java:1571)
at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.unwrap(SslHandler.java:1455)
at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.decodeJdkCompatible(SslHandler.java:1282)
at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.decode(SslHandler.java:1329)
at io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageDecoder.decodeRemovalReentryProtection(ByteToMessageDecoder.java:508)
at io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageDecoder.callDecode(ByteToMessageDecoder.java:447)
at io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageDecoder.channelRead(ByteToMessageDecoder.java:276)
at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:379)
at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:365)
at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:357)
at io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$HeadContext.channelRead(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:1410)
at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:379)
at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:365)
at io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.fireChannelRead(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:919)
at io.netty.channel.nio.AbstractNioByteChannel$NioByteUnsafe.read(AbstractNioByteChannel.java:166)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKey(NioEventLoop.java:719)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKeysOptimized(NioEventLoop.java:655)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKeys(NioEventLoop.java:581)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.run(NioEventLoop.java:493)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor$4.run(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:989)
at io.netty.util.internal.ThreadExecutorMap$2.run(ThreadExecutorMap.java:74)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.FastThreadLocalRunnable.run(FastThreadLocalRunnable.java:30)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:834)


Other times the NPE is not included but it still fails with something like:

Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Session has no PSK
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.Alert.createSSLException(Alert.java:133)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.Alert.createSSLException(Alert.java:117)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.fatal(TransportContext.java:336)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.fatal(TransportContext.java:292)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.fatal(TransportContext.java:283)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.PreSharedKeyExtension.checkBinder(PreSharedKeyExtension.java:537)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.PreSharedKeyExtension$CHPreSharedKeyUpdate.consume(PreSharedKeyExtension.java:528)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLExtension.consumeOnTrade(SSLExtension.java:583)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLExtensions.consumeOnTrade(SSLExtensions.java:222)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.ServerHello$T13ServerHelloProducer.produce(ServerHello.java:539)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLHandshake.produce(SSLHandshake.java:436)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.ClientHello$T13ClientHelloConsumer.goServerHello(ClientHello.java:1234)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.ClientHello$T13ClientHelloConsumer.consume(ClientHello.java:1170)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.ClientHello$ClientHelloConsumer.onClientHello(ClientHello.java:852)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.ClientHello$ClientHelloConsumer.consume(ClientHello.java:813)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLHandshake.consume(SSLHandshake.java:392)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.HandshakeContext.dispatch(HandshakeContext.java:443)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLEngineImpl$DelegatedTask$DelegatedAction.run(SSLEngineImpl.java:1074)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLEngineImpl$DelegatedTask$DelegatedAction.run(SSLEngineImpl.java:1061)
at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLEngineImpl$DelegatedTask.run(SSLEngineImpl.java:1008)
at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.runAllDelegatedTasks(SslHandler.java:1557)
at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.runDelegatedTasks(SslHandler.java:1571)
at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.unwrap(SslHandler.java:1455)
at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.decodeJdkCompatible(SslHandler.java:1282)
at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.decode(SslHandler.java:1329)
at io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageDecoder.decodeRemovalReentryProtection(ByteToMessageDecoder.java:508)
at io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageDecoder.callDecode(ByteToMessageDecoder.java:447)
... 17 common frames omitted

Looking at the first stacktrace this seems to be related to:

https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8241248


Unfortunately I don’t have a reproducer which uses the JDK only here but I can reproduce this with Netty that uses OpenSSL on the client side and the JDK SSLEngine on the server side.
I can reproduce this with the latest JDK11 release but can't with JDK15. Also what makes me believe it may be a concurrency bug is that only some handshakes fail. Like 70 out of 2600 fail.

While the reproducer also involves netty I am wondering if you would still be interested in it ? It should be quite straight forward to run locally for you.

The code that can reproduce it is here:
https://github.com/netty/netty/pull/10994#issuecomment-787976965

Also you will need to use this branch:
https://github.com/netty/netty/tree/ssl_cache_revamp


Please don’t hesitate if you have questions,
Norman




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