From 6e56f3c782b3a6794687dd7899cd25790a76675d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kathy Brade Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2016 10:40:26 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Bug 18800: Remove localhost DNS lookup in nsProfileLock.cpp Instead of using the local computer's IP address within symlink-based profile lock signatures, always use 127.0.0.1. --- toolkit/profile/nsProfileLock.cpp | 17 ++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/toolkit/profile/nsProfileLock.cpp b/toolkit/profile/nsProfileLock.cpp index af25462502489..cd8e0c9d0adec 100644 --- a/toolkit/profile/nsProfileLock.cpp +++ b/toolkit/profile/nsProfileLock.cpp @@ -286,18 +286,17 @@ nsresult nsProfileLock::LockWithSymlink(nsIFile* aLockFile, if (!mReplacedLockTime) aLockFile->GetLastModifiedTimeOfLink(&mReplacedLockTime); + // For Tor Browser, avoid a DNS lookup here so the Tor network is not + // bypassed. Instead, always use 127.0.0.1 for the IP address portion + // of the lock signature, which may cause the browser to refuse to + // start in the rare event that all of the following conditions are met: + // 1. The browser profile is on a network file system. + // 2. The file system does not support fcntl() locking. + // 3. Tor Browser is run from two different computers at the same time. + struct in_addr inaddr; inaddr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_LOOPBACK); - char hostname[256]; - PRStatus status = PR_GetSystemInfo(PR_SI_HOSTNAME, hostname, sizeof hostname); - if (status == PR_SUCCESS) { - char netdbbuf[PR_NETDB_BUF_SIZE]; - PRHostEnt hostent; - status = PR_GetHostByName(hostname, netdbbuf, sizeof netdbbuf, &hostent); - if (status == PR_SUCCESS) memcpy(&inaddr, hostent.h_addr, sizeof inaddr); - } - mozilla::SmprintfPointer signature = mozilla::Smprintf("%s:%s%lu", inet_ntoa(inaddr), aHaveFcntlLock ? "+" : "", (unsigned long)getpid()); -- GitLab