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Apache 2 HTTP2 Module Concurrent Pool Usage

Apache 2 HTTP2 Module Concurrent Pool Usage
Posted Dec 7, 2020
Authored by Google Security Research, Felix Wilhelm

Apache 2 suffers from an issue with concurrent pool usage in the http2 module.

tags | advisory
advisories | CVE-2020-11993
SHA-256 | 4ec68bf66866cfc8f4895d0ba320c5de4dece24c05a02f8d5fafd3449a9ba771

Apache 2 HTTP2 Module Concurrent Pool Usage

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apache2: concurrent pool usage in http2 module

h2_mplx.c contains a number of calls to ap_log_cerror using m->c (the master connection) as an argument. These calls can trigger allocations using the m->c->pool.
One example is core_generate_log_id. As some of the code in h2_mplx.c is executed on a worker thread, it is possible that the main thread performs a parallel allocation and corrupts the pool. (apr memory pools are not thread-safe)
Most logging calls are using DEBUG and TRACE levels and can't be exploited in a production environment.
However, the task_done function calls ap_log_cerror with APLOG_INFO when throttling tasks, which can be triggered by a malicious client:

h2_mplx.c:809
ap_log_cerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_INFO, 0, m->c,
H2_STRM_MSG(stream, \"redo, added to q\"));


This bug is subject to a 90 day disclosure deadline. After 90 days elapse, the bug report
will become visible to the public. The scheduled disclosure date is 2020-09-14.
Disclosure at an earlier date is also possible if agreed upon by all parties.

Related CVE Numbers: CVE-2020-11993.



Found by: fwilhelm@google.com

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