mruby-task: fix VM stack overflow when a larger proc is set on an existing task - #7279
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…sting task A task's VM stack is sized once, at creation, for its initial proc. mrb_task_reset_context() and mrb_task_proc_set() then let a different proc run on the same context, but mrb_task_proc_set() never grew the stack. If the new proc needs more registers than the initial one, OP_ENTER clears locals past the stack allocation, causing a heap-buffer-overflow. Grow the task stack in mrb_task_proc_set() to cover the new proc's nregs, the same way task_init_context() and mruby-fiber size a context's stack for its proc. mrb_stack_extend() operates on mrb->c, so point mrb->c at the task context across the call and reuse the vetted stack_extend_alloc()/envadjust() path. Add a regression test. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe task proc replacement path now grows the task value stack for replacement procs with higher register requirements. A C test helper and guarded Ruby regression test verify the allocated stack size. ChangesTask proc stack growth
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~15–30 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The change correctly grows the task stack for larger replacement procedures, but its failure path can leave the interpreter attached to the wrong task context, risking corruption of later task execution. Merge should wait until the context is restored when stack growth raises. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant RubyTest
participant tasktest_proc_set_stack
participant mrb_task_proc_set
participant mrb_stack_extend
RubyTest->>tasktest_proc_set_stack: pass small and large procs
tasktest_proc_set_stack->>mrb_task_proc_set: replace task proc
mrb_task_proc_set->>mrb_stack_extend: extend stack for large proc
mrb_stack_extend-->>tasktest_proc_set_stack: return updated stack size
tasktest_proc_set_stack-->>RubyTest: return stack and register sizes
RubyTest->>RubyTest: assert stack covers register requirement
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In `@mrbgems/mruby-task/src/task.c`:
- Around line 1772-1788: Update the stack-growth block around mrb_stack_extend
so mrb->c is restored to prev_c even when the call raises, using the existing
exception-protection mechanism to restore the context before propagating the
exception.
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| struct mrb_context *c = &t->c; | ||
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| /* Grow the task's stack to fit the proc being set. It may need more | ||
| * registers than the original proc the stack was sized for. | ||
| * mrb_stack_extend() works on mrb->c, so point mrb->c at the task context | ||
| * across the call. */ | ||
| if (c->stbase && !MRB_PROC_CFUNC_P(proc) && proc->body.irep) { | ||
| size_t cur = (size_t)(c->stend - c->stbase); | ||
| size_t need = (size_t)proc->body.irep->nregs; | ||
| if (need > cur) { | ||
| struct mrb_context *prev_c = mrb->c; | ||
| mrb->c = c; | ||
| mrb_stack_extend(mrb, (mrb_int)need); | ||
| mrb->c = prev_c; | ||
| } | ||
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rg -n -C 12 'mrb_realloc_with_gc_disabled|mrb_realloc\(|mrb_raise_nomemory|MRB_THROW|setjmp|mrb->jmp' \
src include mrbgems/mruby-task/src/task.c \
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printf '%s\n' '--- task context and exception handling ---'
rg -n -C 12 'struct mrb_context|mrb_task_proc_set|mrb_task|mrb->c\s*=|MRB_TRY|MRB_CATCH|mrb_jmpbuf' \
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printf '%s\n' '--- scheduler exception boundaries ---'
sed -n '400,525p' mrbgems/mruby-task/src/task.c
printf '%s\n' '--- context restoration sites ---'
rg -n -C 10 'mrb->c\s*=\s*(prev_c|mrb->root_c|[^;]+)|mrb->root_c|mrb_protect|mrb_protect_error|MRB_TRY|MRB_CATCH' \
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src include mrbgems/mruby-task/src/task.c \
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printf '%s\n' '--- deterministic exception-path verifier ---'
python3 - <<'PY'
from pathlib import Path
task = Path("mrbgems/mruby-task/src/task.c").read_text()
vm = Path("src/vm.c").read_text()
start = task.index("mrb_task_proc_set(mrb_state *mrb")
end = task.index("\n}", start) + 2
fn = task[start:end]
checks = {
"context assignment precedes stack extension": fn.index("mrb->c = c;") < fn.index("mrb_stack_extend(mrb"),
"normal restoration follows stack extension": fn.index("mrb_stack_extend(mrb") < fn.index("mrb->c = prev_c;"),
"stack extension has allocation-failure raise": "mrb_raise_nomemory(mrb)" in vm[vm.index("mrb_realloc_with_gc_disabled"):vm.index("static void\nstack_extend_alloc")],
"stack extension has max-size raise": "mrb_exc_raise(mrb, mrb_obj_value(mrb->stack_err))" in vm[vm.index("static void\nstack_extend_alloc"):vm.index("static inline void\nstack_extend")],
}
for name, result in checks.items():
print(f"{name}: {'yes' if result else 'no'}")
if not all(checks.values()):
raise SystemExit("unexpected source shape")
print("Conclusion: the call has raising paths that bypass the normal restoration.")
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Restore mrb->c when mrb_stack_extend() raises.
mrb_stack_extend() can raise on allocation failure or when the stack exceeds MRB_STACK_MAX. These non-local exits bypass the restoration at line 1785 and leave mrb->c pointing to the task context. Protect the call, restore mrb->c, then propagate the exception.
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In `@mrbgems/mruby-task/src/task.c` around lines 1772 - 1788, Update the
stack-growth block around mrb_stack_extend so mrb->c is restored to prev_c even
when the call raises, using the existing exception-protection mechanism to
restore the context before propagating the exception.
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A context whose ci->stack sits past stend is what this gem reached before #7279, and what an embedder reaches by entering the VM the same way. A task's own context stands in for one, so the running VM's stack is never the one moved. Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Problem
When a task is created,
task_init_context()sizes its VM stack once and only for the initial proc:TASK_STACK_INIT_SIZEslots, extended by the proc'snregswhen that is larger.mrb_task_reset_context()andmrb_task_proc_set()then let a different proc run on the same context, butmrb_task_proc_set()never grew the stack.So if the replacement proc needs more registers than the proc the task was created with, it runs on an undersized stack.
mrb_vm_exec()does notstack_extend()for the entry proc. It relies on the caller having done so, asexec_irep()does on the normalOP_SENDpath.OP_ENTERthen clears the new proc's locals up toirep->nregsand writes past the stack allocation, causing a heap-buffer-overflow.This path is reached in practice by picoruby-sandbox. Its
Sandbox#executecreates the task with a tiny placeholder proc and swaps in the compiled user program via exactly thisreset_context+proc_setsequence.On 64-bit targets this is a heap-buffer-overflow, a memory-unsafe write. On 32-bit targets such as RP2350 it becomes a deterministic crash, because the same undersizing later makes
stack_extend_alloc()compute a bogus realloc size and raiseNoMemoryError.Reproduction on a 64-bit host with ASan
Build config:
Reproduction code, the same sequence as
Sandbox#execute:ASan report:
The overflowed region is 1024 bytes, which is 64 slots of 16 bytes. The stack was sized for the initial proc, not for the replacement.
Fix
Grow the task stack in
mrb_task_proc_set()to cover the replacement proc'snregs, the same waytask_init_context()and mruby-fiber size a context's stack for its proc.mrb_stack_extend()operates onmrb->c, so pointmrb->cat the task context across the call and reuse the vettedstack_extend_alloc()/envadjust()path.Adds a regression test,
TaskTest.proc_set_stack, that installs a larger proc on a freshly created task and asserts the task stack was grown to cover the replacement proc'snregs.Summary by CodeRabbit
Bug Fixes
Tests