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Problem

  • The cluster primary reads ack and addressType of a worker's internal message with an unchecked to_int32() (src/runtime/node/node_cluster_binding.rs:226, :434). A non-number aborts a debug build: ASSERTION FAILED: isInt32() at JSCJSValue.h(683) : int32_t JSC::JSValue::asInt32() const.
  • A release build reads unrelated bits. ack: null reads as 2 and can settle an in-flight newconn: the worker gets that socket twice. addressType: false reads as 6: EINVAL. Only a hand-written cluster._getServer() call sends such values.

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Downsides

  • addressType false, 6.5 and -1.5 now bind IPv4, like Node. Before: IPv6 or a unix socket.
  • Valid traffic pays nothing: an integer arrives as int32 on both wire formats.
Notes

Found in an audit of to_int32() call sites. The same assertion at other sites: #28926, #32738, #39977, #39991, #41148 (merged), #40773, #41652, #43818 (open). #34674 (open) reworks the storage of the same ack callbacks and keeps the unchecked read.

History of the ack lines: #34659 first used is_number() + to_int32() and replaced it with is_int32() / as_int32(), because 0.5 truncates to 0 and can settle the callback parked at seq 0. This PR takes that final form, byte for byte, so a later merge of #34659 or #41400 does not conflict on the guard. #34659 also adds a route from a plain process.send({ cmd: "NODE_CLUSTER", ... }) to the addressType read, which it does not guard.

Repro 1, debug build. The primary exits 134.

const cluster = require("node:cluster");
cluster.schedulingPolicy = cluster.SCHED_NONE;
if (cluster.isPrimary) {
  const w = cluster.fork();
  w.on("exit", () => { console.log("primary is alive"); process.exit(0); });
} else {
  // or: { ack: {}, addressType: 4, ... }
  cluster._getServer({ once() {} }, { addressType: {}, address: "127.0.0.1", port: 0, fd: -1 }, () => process.exit(0));
}

Repro 2, release 1.4.3, default SCHED_RR: the forgedAckFixture in the test. The worker sends a query with ack: null while the primary's newconn seq 2 is parked. Bun prints {"connections":4} for 3 sockets and never answers the query. Node v26.3.0 prints {"connections":3,"answer":{"errno":0,"handle":true}}. ack: seq + 0.5 gives the same two results, also on a debug build, because to_int32() truncates a double.

Why a release build passes the two object rows without the fix: asInt32() returns the low 32 bits of the encoded value. false encodes as 0x6, true as 0x7, null as 0x2. An object reads as the low bits of its cell address. Cells are aligned, so that is never 6 or -1, and for ack it only has to miss every pending seq.

Valid traffic is int32 on both wire formats. The primary stamps seq from an i32, and net, http and dgram send 4, 6, -1, "udp4" or "udp6". JSON and the advanced (structured clone) format both deliver an integer as an int32 value.

Other values tried with the fixed debug build, under SCHED_RR and SCHED_NONE: ack as null, "0", true, [1], and addressType as null, true, missing, [6]. No assertion. Each reply is the same as the reply of Node v26.3.0. addressType: [6] with address: "::1" replies EINVAL in both, because both treat it as IPv4.

The other to_int32() calls in node_cluster_binding.rs are safe. send_helper_primary, clusterValidateFd and clusterCloseHandle check is_number() first. clusterRawBind has one caller, SharedHandle.ts, which passes typeof port === "number" ? port : 0 and flags | 0.

Cost for valid traffic: one tag compare per internal message, as before. No allocation, no syscall.

Windows: cargo check -p bun_runtime --target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc passes. On a Windows x64 debug build of this branch the seven cases pass. On a Windows x64 debug build of main, six of the seven fail: the object rows and ack: null abort with the same assertion, ack: seq + 0.5 prints {"connections":4}, and addressType: -1.5 replies ENOTSUP. addressType: 6.5 passes there without the fix, because the Windows variant does not use the address family.


no test proof · iteration 0 · platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine, deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/js/node/cluster.test.ts

… they are int32

The primary read `ack` and `addressType` of a worker's internal message
with `to_int32()`, which is valid only for numbers. For any other value
a debug build aborts on `ASSERTION FAILED: isInt32()` and a release
build uses unrelated bits as the integer. A number that is not an int32
was truncated.

Like node, an `ack` that is not an int32 matches no pending callback,
and an `addressType` that is neither a string nor an int32 binds IPv4.
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Status: reproduced, fix pushed (head 15d5766). The diff is green in CI. The one red job is not related to this change.

How I reproduced it, with a worker that calls cluster._getServer() by hand:

  • Debug build of main: a query with ack: {} or addressType: {} aborts the primary (exit 134, ASSERTION FAILED: isInt32()). The same happens on Windows x64.
  • Release 1.4.3: addressType: false or 6.5 replies EINVAL, and -1.5 binds a unix socket named 127.0.0.1. Node v26.3.0 binds IPv4 and replies errno 0 for all three.
  • Release 1.4.3, default SCHED_RR: a query with ack: null or ack: 2.5, sent while the primary's newconn seq 2 is in flight, gives 4 connection events for 3 sockets, and the query gets no answer. Node gives 3 events and an answer.

The seven new cases in test/js/node/cluster.test.ts cover these. The cases that this PR does not change are in #43837 and #43839.

CI on 15d5766 (build #119976): 180 of 181 jobs passed. The build is finished. No lane reports a failure in test/js/node/cluster.test.ts. On debian 13 x64-asan it ran 43 tests: 42 pass, 1 skip (IPv6), 0 fail. The one red job is test/js/bun/spawn/spawn.test.ts on debian 13 x64-asan. The child there prints a LeakSanitizer warning (ptrace appears to be blocked) to stderr, and the test expects an empty stderr. This diff does not touch Bun.spawn. The same test is red on another PR's build (#119872). I reported it for main-break triage. The other four failures in the build passed on a retry.

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The cluster binding now checks acknowledgment and address-type values without coercing all inputs to int32. Regression tests cover malformed query messages under SCHED_NONE and round-robin scheduling.

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Cluster query input handling

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Acknowledgment and address-type handling
src/runtime/node/node_cluster_binding.rs
Acknowledgments are accepted only when they are int32 values. The Windows path rejects strings and the exact int32 value -1. On non-Windows, integer address types use their int32 value, and other non-string values default to IPv4.
Malformed query regression tests
test/js/node/cluster.test.ts
Tests cover malformed acknowledgment and address-type values under SCHED_NONE. Round-robin tests check that null and fractional acknowledgments do not settle a pending connection. The tests expect a handle and errno 0.

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An inherited NODE_CLUSTER_SCHED_POLICY=none made the primary use a shared
handle. The worker then got no newconn and the fixture never reported.

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🟡 Minor · Assert the bound socket family for malformed addressType values. · cluster.test.ts:585-626

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Assert the bound socket family for malformed addressType values.

The current assertion checks only that binding succeeds and returns a handle. If a regression maps a malformed value to -1, cluster_raw_bind can bind "127.0.0.1" as an AF_UNIX pathname and still satisfy { errno: 0, handle: true }. The test does not enforce the required IPv4 result.

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…ix socket

errno 0 and a handle do not tell an IPv4 bind from a pipe bind: as a
pipe, "127.0.0.1" is a valid unix socket path. The fixture now reports
whether that socket file exists, and a new row covers -1.5, which
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🟡 Minor · Select IPv4 for non-6 address types without a string address. · node_cluster_binding.rs:338-348

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Select IPv4 for non-6 address types without a string address.

When addressType is -1.5 and address is non-string, the current Windows path accepts the query and passes :: to bsd_create_bound_socket. Node treats -1.5 as neither 6 nor the -1 pipe value, so this case must use the IPv4 default. The PR changed this case from NOTSUP to a possible IPv6 handle.

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+        let use_ipv6 = address_type.is_int32() && address_type.as_int32() == 6;
         let host_owned: Vec<u8> = if address.is_string() {
             let mut v = address.to_js_string_view(global)?.to_owned_slice();
             v.push(0);
             v
+        } else if use_ipv6 {
+            b"::\0".to_vec()
         } else {
-            b"::\0".to_vec()
+            b"0.0.0.0\0".to_vec()
         };
         let fallback_host: Option<&[u8]> = if address.is_string() {
             None
+        } else if use_ipv6 {
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Nothing blocking. The comments below are optional suggestions. There is no need to push a fix for them before merging.

Beyond the inline findings, I also checked the remaining to_int32() reads of port and flags in cluster_raw_bind — the only caller, src/js/internal/cluster/SharedHandle.ts:30, passes typeof port === "number" ? port : 0 and flags | 0, so they always arrive as numbers. I also traced a non-int32 numeric ack (e.g. 2.0 boxed as a double) through both wire formats: the primary stamps seq from an i32 and both JSON and structured clone deliver an integer as int32, so a valid echo still matches.

Extended reasoning...

The change is two small guards in src/runtime/node/node_cluster_binding.rs plus two subprocess test suites in test/js/node/cluster.test.ts; it touches the cluster primary's handling of worker IPC messages, which is a trust boundary between processes but not an auth, crypto, or injection surface. Three findings are posted inline, so a human look is already signalled; this note only records the sibling to_int32 sites and the ack-representation question that were examined and ruled out.

Additional findings (outside the current diff — GitHub can't attach inline comments there):

  • 🟣 src/runtime/node/node_cluster_binding.rs — A single worker can still crash the whole cluster primary with an uncaught exception by sending addressType: -1 with a non-string address; the PR hardens the neighbouring reads but leaves this throw in place. src/runtime/node/node_cluster_binding.rs:452-454 returns Err(throw_invalid_argument_type_value(...)) from inside the primary's internal-message callback path (primary.ts queryServer -> SharedHandle.ts:30), so the error surfaces as an uncaught exception in the primary rather than as an errno reply. Fix: reply -EINVAL (like :614 and :659) for a non-string address on the pipe path, so malformed worker input never throws through the primary's IPC handler.

    Why this was flagged

    Trigger: a worker sends cluster._getServer(..., { addressType: -1, address: null, port: -1, fd: -1 }). The primary's handle_internal_message_primary (:253) runs the JS onInternalMessage callback, which calls new SharedHandle and then clusterRawBind (SharedHandle.ts:30). At src/runtime/node/node_cluster_binding.rs:452 atype == -1 is true (int32 -1 passes the new gate at :431), address.is_string() is false, and :454 returns a thrown TypeError. Nothing in queryServer catches it, so it propagates out of event_loop.run_callback as an uncaught exception and the primary exits, taking every worker down. Every sibling failure in this function replies a negative errno (:463, :614, :659, :689) and the worker gets an error event instead. The finder marked this pre-existing, which is true, but the PR's explicit goal is that malformed worker addressType/address values no longer abort the primary, and this path is the remaining one where they do; Node's Pipe bind on null binds a pipe named "null" rather than throwing. Population: any cluster primary whose worker code (or a…

    Verification: pre-existing. Trigger: a worker (SCHED_NONE, or sharedOnly: true under SCHED_RR) calls cluster._getServer(obj, { addressType: -1, address: null, port: -1, fd: -1 }, cb); child.ts:136-143 forwards the options verbatim as a queryServer message. Mechanism verified: handle_internal_message_primary (src/runtime/node/node_cluster_binding.rs:253) runs the JS onmessage via… | pre-existing.…

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Replies to the three findings that were posted outside the diff.

Assert the bound socket family (test). Valid, done in 82797a1. errno: 0 and a handle did not tell an IPv4 bind from a pipe bind, because 127.0.0.1 is also a valid unix socket path. The fixture now reports whether that socket file exists in the cwd of the primary, and a new row covers addressType: -1.5. Without the fix that value truncates to -1: the row prints "unixSocket":true on Linux (release and debug) and replies ENOTSUP on Windows. The address is an IPv4 literal, so an IPv6 bind already fails with EINVAL. Together, errno: 0 and no socket file mean IPv4.

Windows: IPv4 default for a non-6 addressType with no string address. Not changed, because Node does not do that. When the query has no address, Node's createServerHandle tries bind6("::") first and falls back to IPv4, for every addressType. I ran Node v26.3.0 under SCHED_NONE with address: null and read the handle's getsockname(): addressType -1.5, 4 and {} all give {"address":"::","family":"IPv6"}. The Windows variant (::, then 0.0.0.0) and the POSIX variant (IPv6 wildcard, then IPv4) already match that. The suggested change would bind 0.0.0.0 where Node binds ::.

Pipe path throws on a non-string address. Confirmed, and not changed in this PR. It is case 2 of #43837, which I filed for the cases of this message that are not int32 reads. The throw is tied to the pipe predicate (case 3 there). With { addressType: -1, address: null, port: 0 } Node binds TCP and replies errno 0, because its pipe predicate also needs port === -1. An EINVAL reply alone would still differ from Node for that input. One more data point for that issue: with port: -1 and address: null, the Node v26.3.0 primary also exits 1 with an uncaught TypeError, so Node is not a reference for that exact input.

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Nothing blocking. The comments below are optional suggestions. There is no need to push a fix for them before merging.

Comment thread src/runtime/node/node_cluster_binding.rs Outdated
Node picks a pipe only for port === -1 && addressType === -1. The arm the
comment sits on takes values that are not int32, which node's === matches
against neither 6 nor -1.

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LGTM — the stderr assertion is now pinned to "" in both new suites, and the remaining pushes only touched the comment; nothing new to flag on this round.

What was reviewed:

  • Both ack and addressType reads now go through is_int32() before as_int32(), in the POSIX and Windows arms; port/flags keep to_int32() but their only caller (SharedHandle.ts) passes a number and flags | 0.
  • Traced the forged-ack fixture through child.ts: _getServer spreads options into the queryServer message, and prependListener("internalMessage") runs before the newconn ack is sent, so the query deterministically reaches the primary while the callback is parked.
  • Malformed-query fixture: bunRun sets cwd to the temp dir, so the existsSync("127.0.0.1") check covers the exact location a stray pipe bind would land.
Extended reasoning...

The diff is a four-line tightening in src/runtime/node/node_cluster_binding.rs (two worker-supplied int32 reads in the cluster primary) plus two spawned-fixture test suites in test/js/node/cluster.test.ts. It touches untrusted-input handling from a forked worker over IPC, but only makes the reads stricter with the pattern REVIEW.md sanctions, and no auth, crypto, or path surface is involved. The nit from the previous review round was addressed in e68ce54, the subsequent commit only changes a comment, and the third-party bot threads were followed by commits that plausibly addressed them with no CHANGES_REQUESTED state. The changed files are not covered by CODEOWNERS, the hunt ran dry, and the tests cover both scheduling policies with exact stdout/stderr/exitCode assertions.

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