PinnedArrayBuffer: copy a resizable ArrayBuffer whose bytes are read after the call - #40641
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Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The resizable-buffer fix still misses asynchronous PBKDF2 and Scrypt inputs, so shrinking a buffer during processing can crash the process; merge should wait until those paths are protected. The associated test script also needs correction to validate the intended loading behavior. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4✅ Passed checks (4 passed)
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Status: ready for review. Reproduced on main (834ad12) with the script in the PR body: The fix lives in This is the zstd part of #34751, which was closed because it was built on the plumbing #40511 replaced. The pbkdf2 and scrypt part is #40554. It supersedes #32189 and #35840, which made the same path copy on the older plumbing. Their test cases pass on this branch. CI on d160666 (build 106965): the diff is green. 178 of 181 jobs pass, and the new zstd and fs tests pass on every lane. The three red lanes are pre-existing on main and do not touch this code: |
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LGTM — focused segfault fix that copies a resizable non-shared ArrayBuffer before handing it to the pool thread.
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resizable && !sharedgate and owned-copy path match the existingCompressionStreamCoder::AsyncInput::newpattern; growable SABs correctly stay on the borrow path. get_level(which can run user JS via coercion) runs beforeas_array_buffer/byte_slice, so the copy reads post-coercion bytes; allocation failure throws OOM viatry_reserve_exact.- Tests spawn subprocesses (unfixed build crashes), drain pipes concurrently, assert stderr before exitCode, and cover compress/decompress/SAB.
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Overview
This PR fixes a segfault in the async Bun.zstdCompress/Bun.zstdDecompress paths when the caller passes a resizable ArrayBuffer and shrinks it after dispatch but before the pool thread reads it. The fix adds ~20 lines to get_options_async in src/runtime/api/BunObject.rs: when the input is a resizable, non-shared ArrayBuffer, its bytes are eagerly copied into an owned Vec (with try_reserve_exact → throw_out_of_memory on failure and report_extra_memory) and returned as StringOrBuffer::owned_isolated. All other inputs (fixed-length buffers, strings, growable SharedArrayBuffers) fall through unchanged to the existing pinned-borrow path. Three subprocess tests are added to test/js/bun/util/zstd.test.ts.
Security risks
None identified. This is a crash/memory-safety fix, not a security-boundary change. The new path only copies user-provided bytes into an owned allocation; there is no parsing, no path handling, no auth/crypto surface. The allocation size is bounded by the caller's own buffer length, and OOM is handled by throwing rather than panicking.
Level of scrutiny
Moderate. The change touches a pool-thread memory-safety path, so I verified: (1) the resizable && !shared predicate exactly matches the established in-tree precedent at CompressionStreamCoder::AsyncInput::new (src/runtime/webcore/CompressionStreamCoder.rs:724); (2) get_level — which coerces a user-supplied level and can therefore run arbitrary JS — is called before as_array_buffer/byte_slice, so the copy reads bytes after any observable side effects; (3) as_array_buffer returns None for strings and non-buffer values, so those still reach from_js_async and its error message; (4) the owned Vec is wrapped via owned_isolated, which is the documented ThreadIsolated constructor for Rust-owned bytes, and is dropped with the job.
Other factors
The tests follow harness conventions closely: describe.concurrent for independent subprocess cases, bunExe()/bunEnv, await using on Bun.spawn, concurrent pipe draining, stderr asserted before exitCode, Buffer.alloc(n, fill) instead of .repeat(), and results compared against the sync API on a fixed-length copy (so the test asserts correctness, not just non-crash). No CODEOWNERS entry covers the changed paths. The bug hunt ran to a dry streak with no findings and no ruled-out candidates. The change is small, additive, and mirrors an existing pattern, so I'm comfortable approving.
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In `@test/js/bun/util/zstd.test.ts`:
- Around line 688-698: Update runInChild to return both trimmed stdout and
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Re-targeted after a self-review. The first version copied the input at the zstd call site only. The same borrow through Review feedback so far is folded in: one-line doc comments (47c7fb7) and stdout asserted before the exit code in the zstd child-process helper (7322521). |
…it in user space fs.write and fs.writeFile hand the borrow to write(2), which returns EFAULT for a shrunk source instead of faulting, so they keep the zero-copy borrow: a full-view copy before offset and length are parsed would make a small write from a large resizable buffer copy the whole buffer.
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Both earlier findings are addressed: buffer_from_js is back to plain root so async fs.write stays zero-copy (the copy now lives only in StringOrBuffer::from_js_async and the PathLike async arm), and the racy fs.write test was replaced with a 20-round child-process fs.promises.stat case that mirrors the zstd tests. No new issues found. Since this repoints PinnedArrayBuffer.buffer.ptr at an owned Vec and threads that through pool-side readers, a human pass on the memory-safety plumbing is still worthwhile.
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copy_if_resizable:try_reserve_exactbeforeextend_from_slice,report_extra_memory, ptr repointed only afterself.copyowns the Vec,defuseclears it — no leak or dangling on the new field.- Confirmed
fs.write's arg parser still goes throughbuffer_from_js→root, not the copying path;from_js_asynccallers (zstd in BunObject.rs, JSTranspiler) read the whole slice in user space so a full-view copy is correct there. slice_mutdebug-asserts no read-only copy;CompressionStreamCoder's inline resizable check is now the shared helper with equivalent semantics (still returns the pinned(ptr, len), which now points at the owned copy).
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Overview
The PR adds copy: Option<Vec<u8>> to PinnedArrayBuffer plus copy_if_resizable() / root_read_only(), so a work-pool job that reads a resizable non-shared ArrayBuffer in user space snapshots the bytes at call time instead of faulting when JS calls resize(0) and JSC unmaps the tail. Callers updated: StringOrBuffer::from_js_async (zstd, transpiler), the PathLike async Buffer arm, and CompressionStreamCoder::AsyncInput::new (which drops its own inline copy of the same rule). Four subprocess tests added across zstd.test.ts and fs.test.ts.
Security risks
No auth/crypto/permissions surface. The risk class is memory safety across the JS/pool-thread boundary: the change repoints buffer.ptr at a heap-owned Vec and hands (ptr, len) to another thread. The Vec is stored in self.copy before ptr is taken, lives as long as the PinnedArrayBuffer (which is rooted for the job's lifetime), and is dropped by defuse() / Drop. Allocation failure returns false and callers throw OOM rather than panicking. No new unsafe blocks; existing SAFETY comments were tightened to stop claiming the pin holds "the backing store" and now say "bytes the paired PinnedArrayBuffer keeps valid", which is accurate for both the borrowed and copied cases.
Level of scrutiny
High. This is shared native plumbing (src/jsc/array_buffer.rs, src/runtime/node/types.rs) on a cross-thread memory-safety path where a mistake is a UAF or a segfault. REVIEW.md flags this exact class ("Never let a pointer or slice outlive the memory it points into", "A Strong ref does not prevent ArrayBuffer detach"). Not a candidate for bot approval.
Other factors
Since my last review (commit 7322521), commit 5152111 reverted the funnel-level root_read_only in buffer_from_js back to root — so args::Write::from_js (node_fs.rs) no longer copies the whole resizable view before offset/length are parsed, addressing the whole-buffer-copy / OOM regression I flagged. The racy single-shot fs.write test was deleted and replaced with a 20-iteration child-process fs.promises.stat test that follows the same shape as the zstd tests (loop, resize(0), assert output, assert stderr empty, assert exit 0 last). Both prior inline threads are now addressed by code, not just self-resolved. No outstanding third-party CHANGES_REQUESTED reviews in the timeline.
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…tores too The PathLike funnel copied a resizable non-shared buffer only for the async arm. A sync call reads the path after the option getters ran, and a getter can call `resize(0)` on the same buffer. `Bun.file(view)` keeps the pinned buffer in its store and reads it on every `.text()`. Both read unmapped pages after a shrink and segfault on the main thread. `copy_if_resizable` now runs for both arms of the funnel, so every PathLike consumer reads the bytes captured at call time.
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da103d4 extends the copy to the whole
This supersedes #32189 and #35840, which made the same copy on the plumbing #40511 replaced. Their test cases pass on this branch (details in the PR body). |
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354-355: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy liftCopy resizable buffers in every asynchronous conversion path.
PBKDF2::from_js_asyncandScrypt::from_js_asyncwrapFlavor::Asyncresults directly and bypassStringOrBuffer::from_js_async'scopy_if_resizable. Their work-pool jobs readPinnedBuffer::slice(). If a resizable non-sharedArrayBuffershrinks before the read, the pages can be unmapped and the native operation can fault.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@test/js/node/fs/fs.test.ts`:
- Around line 6761-6762: Replace the dynamic require calls for the node:fs and
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In `@src/runtime/node/types.rs`:
- Around line 354-355: Update PBKDF2::from_js_async and Scrypt::from_js_async to
copy resizable non-shared ArrayBuffers before their work-pool jobs read
PinnedBuffer::slice(), matching StringOrBuffer::from_js_async’s
copy_if_resizable behavior; do not wrap Flavor::Async results directly when this
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d6f6d2e folds in the two inline comments: a one-line comment on the On the out-of-diff remark about |
Under BUN_DESTRUCT_VM_ON_EXIT=1 (the ASAN lane), the Blob store that Bun.file(buffer) keeps drops its PinnedArrayBuffer during the shutdown sweep and unpins through a JSCell downcast there, which trips JSC's validateIsNotSweeping assertion. That happens for any Buffer path, with or without this change, and is separate from the resizable copy.
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d160666 drops the // BUN_DESTRUCT_VM_ON_EXIT=1 bun-debug script.js
const file = Bun.file(Buffer.from("/tmp/small.txt"));
console.log(await file.text());The shell ArrayBuffer redirects are now named as out of scope in the PR body, with the reason. |
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Problem
PinnedArrayBufferborrow read after JS runs again crashes when a resizableArrayBuffershrinks in between:Bun.zstdCompress(panic: Segmentation fault),fs.promises.statwith a Buffer path (SEGVinPathLike::slice_z_with_force_copy,src/runtime/node/types.rs:945), and a sync fs call whose option getter callsresize(0)on the path's buffer.ArrayBuffer::resizeunmaps the trimmed pages, so the held(ptr, len)points at unmapped memory.Fix
PinnedArrayBuffer::copy_if_resizableandroot_read_only(src/jsc/array_buffer.rs): a resizable non-shared buffer gets a copy of its current bytes, and the view points at the copy until the handle drops.StringOrBuffer::from_js_async(zstd), thePathLikefunnel (both arms) andCompressionStreamCoder::AsyncInput::new.fs.writekeeps the zero-copy borrow (write(2)returnsEFAULT).fs.readand shell redirects write into the buffer and keeproot.SharedArrayBufferonly grows in place. Node copies a Buffer path at call time too.test/js/bun/util/zstd.test.ts(three tests),test/js/node/fs/fs.test.ts(two tests). Four of five fail on the unfixed build. Other suites in Notes.Background
PinnedArrayBufferis the Rust handle for a borrowed JS buffer:pinstops a detach,rootalso GC-roots the value for a job that outlives the call.PathLikeis a parsed path argument. ItsBufferarm holds aPinnedArrayBufferread by the fs call, the pool thread, or aBlobstore.ArrayBufferwithmprotect(PROT_NONE)on the trimmed tail, so a stale pointer faults.Notes
Repro on main (834ad12):
panic: Segmentation fault at address 0x26447780001. Debug: ASANSEGV on unknown addressinMEM_read64(vendor/zstd/lib/common/mem.h:184) on thread T2.Bun.zstdDecompresswith a compressed input crashes the same way inMEM_read32.PathLikecase:const p = fs.promises.stat(new Uint8Array(resizableAB)); resizableAB.resize(0);gives ASANSEGVinPathLike::slice_z_with_force_copyon thread T3 (the path is copied into a path buffer on the pool thread).fs.writeFileSyncpins the path, then reads theflaggetter, then copies the path into a path buffer (write_file_with_path_buffer,node_fs.rs:7170). A getter that callsresize(0)gives ASANSEGVinslice_z_with_force_copyon the main thread.readFileSyncwith aDataViewpath and anencodinggetter, andmkdirSyncwith a rawArrayBufferpath and arecursivegetter, crash the same way.Bun.filecase: the store keeps the pinned buffer (PathLike::thread_isolated_copy)..text()clones the stored path (PathLike::clone,node_path.rs:39,to_vecof the slice) on the JS thread and faults after a shrink. The sync-arm copy fixes it, but the test does not assert it:Bun.file(anyBuffer)withBUN_DESTRUCT_VM_ON_EXIT=1(the ASAN lane) tripsvalidateIsNotSweepingat exit, because the store'sPinnedArrayBufferdrops during the shutdown sweep andunpindowncasts the cell there. That is on main for every Buffer path since node:fs: async calls with a Buffer path no longer keep the Buffer alive forever #40511 and is separate from this change.> ${buf},< ${buf},src/runtime/shell/Builtin.rs,Cmd.rs) stillrootand read or write the view in user space, so aresize(0)while the command runs is still unsafe there. A redirect target has to receive the output, so a copy is not the fix for that site.fs.writeis not copied: its pool-side reader iswrite(2). The kernel returnsEFAULTfor an unmapped page, so the caller gets an error and the process does not crash. A copy at the funnel would run beforeoffsetandlengthare parsed, so a small write from a large resizable buffer would copy the whole view. Node documents that the buffer must not change until the callback runs.PinnedArrayBufferand not at the call sites: thePinnedBufferandPathLike::Buffervariants drive argument dispatch and carry the JS value. A copy that keeps the variant, the pin and the root changes nothing for those readers. The first version of this PR copied at the zstd site only; the review found the same crash throughPathLike.Buffer. An empty resizable buffer is not copied either: it has nothing to read, and a later grow keeps the pointer valid.Bun.zstdCompresson a 256 KiB resizable input leave RSS flat on the debug build.crypto.pbkdf2/crypto.scryptandnode:zlib. The KDFs are fixed by node:crypto: copy password and salt for async pbkdf2 and scrypt #40554 (they copy every input, because a caller may zeroize a secret after the call).node:zlibrejects a resizable input since Robustness pass across install, css, ffi, crypto, spawn, shell, and node compat #36165. crypto, zlib, zstd: copy resizable ArrayBuffer inputs before queuing to the threadpool #34751 was closed because it was built on the plumbing node:fs: async calls with a Buffer path no longer keep the Buffer alive forever #40511 replaced. node: snapshot resizable async StringOrBuffer inputs before worker handoff #31645 proposed a funnel-level copy on that older plumbing.renamewith a shrink right after the call, 256 queued renames of a missing source asUint8Array,DataViewand rawArrayBuffer(allENOENT), the syncwriteFileSync/readFileSync/mkdirSyncgetter shapes, a growableSharedArrayBufferpath, andBun.file(view).text()read twice.test/js/node/fs/fs.test.ts(562 pass),test/js/node/fs/promises.test.js,test/js/bun/shell/bunshell.test.ts,test/js/web/streams/compression.test.ts,test/js/node/zlib/zlib.test.js,test/js/node/crypto/pbkdf2.test.ts,test/js/node/crypto/scrypt.test.ts,test/js/bun/util/bun-file.test.ts,test/js/bun/util/bun-file-read.test.ts,test/js/web/fetch/blob.test.ts.no test proof · iteration 4 · platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine, deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/js/node/fs/fs.test.ts