myxce/.wolf/bugs/bug-1972.md
lei.chen ba42fdd82e wolf: mark bug-1972 fixed (commit f780a166)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Code <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-10-26 14:03:05 +00:00

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id status status_updated status_note component severity timestamp last_seen occurrences files tags related fix_commits
bug-1972 fixed 2026-10-26 controller crash 2026-10-26T09:46:58Z 2026-10-26T09:46:58Z 4
src/controller/testsuite/test_job_live_gc.c
test-only
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gc
f780a166

bug-1972: test_job_live_gc asserted destruction by reading freed memory

Description

Observed: controller_unit_test aborts under ASAN at test_sweep_purges_expired_done_job (test_job_live_gc.c:169):

==27834==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: heap-use-after-free on address 0x5110000da290
READ of size 8 at 0x5110000da290 thread T0
    #0 job_get_refcount ../lib/jobj.c:715
    #1 test_sweep_purges_expired_done_job test_job_live_gc.c:169
freed by:
    #3 job_dereference ../lib/jobj.c:705
    #5 job_live_gc_sweep ../controller/job.c:4777

Expected: a correct sweep dereferences the purged job down to refcount 0 and destroys it; the test must verify destruction without touching the freed object.

Impact: controller suite aborts (killed by SIGABRT); the whole controller test meson entry fails. Test-only — the production sweep (job.c:4765-4777, double dereference: collection ref + table's makeJob ref) is correct.

Found by: ASAN, first full-suite run after d028c8c3 (the archives' earlier runs all predate that commit).

Environment

  • OS: Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS; kernel Linux 6.8.0-147-generic x86_64
  • libc: glibc 2.39 (host ldd)
  • Toolchain: gcc (GCC) 15.2.0, meson 1.9.1
  • Build: asan (xce.build)
  • Code: feature/license-resources @ 68eabd8a-dirty (introduced in d028c8c3)
  • Deployment: n/a (unit test)

Reproduction

  1. cd src/xce.build && ASAN_OPTIONS=detect_leaks=0 ./controller/controller_unit_test
  • Frequency: deterministic (4/4 runs, 2026-10-26)
  • Evidence: /home/lchen/code/xce/src/testlogs.archive/xce.build/this-20261026-082318-rc1

Root cause

The assertion TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_UINT32(0, job_get_refcount(expired)) runs AFTER job_live_gc_sweep has already dereferenced the job to 0 and freed the entire RTTI object (header + private + data in one calloc block). Reading the refcount through the dangling job_t* is itself the use-after-free: the stronger the sweep does its job, the more surely the test crashes. The same pattern is absent from test_apply_pump.c's refcount test because there the job is never destroyed.

Fix

Move the refcount probe BEFORE the sweep and invert its meaning: assert refcount == 1 (table's seed reference, nothing else) before job_live_gc_sweep, then verify destruction by absence — jlg_find_job(81001) == NULL plus the idempotent second sweep (both already present). expired is never dereferenced after the sweep; a comment marks the last safe point.

Verification

  • Test: test_sweep_purges_expired_done_job (same file) — RED before (deterministic ASAN abort 4/4), GREEN after (rc=0, 1354/1354 controller unity tests, zero ASAN reports).
  • Suites: controller_unit_test 1354 tests 0 failures (ASAN, detect_leaks=0); sched_repl_trace_baseline_test 4/4 with regenerated fixtures (separate issue, bug-free fixture staleness from fc33a5da's schema change, handled in the same working tree).
  • Live: n/a (test-only defect; production sweep unchanged).

References

  • Related: none