net: exclude ipv6 loopback addresses from server.listen

Fixes: #51732
PR-URL: #54264
Reviewed-By: Tim Perry <pimterry@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Paolo Insogna <paolo@cowtech.it>
Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina <matteo.collina@gmail.com>

lib/net.js

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ const {
   UV_ECANCELED,
   UV_ETIMEDOUT,
 } = internalBinding('uv');
+const { convertIpv6StringToBuffer } = internalBinding('cares_wrap');
 
 const { Buffer } = require('buffer');
 const { ShutdownWrap } = internalBinding('stream_wrap');
@@ -2118,19 +2119,51 @@ Server.prototype.listen = function(...args) {
   throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE('options', options);
 };
 
+function isIpv6LinkLocal(ip) {
+  if (!isIPv6(ip)) { return false; }
+
+  const ipv6Buffer = convertIpv6StringToBuffer(ip);
+  const firstByte = ipv6Buffer[0];  // The first 8 bits
+  const secondByte = ipv6Buffer[1]; // The next 8 bits
+
+  // The link-local prefix is `1111111010`, which in hexadecimal is `fe80`
+  // First 8 bits (firstByte) should be `11111110` (0xfe)
+  // The next 2 bits of the second byte should be `10` (0x80)
+
+  const isFirstByteCorrect = (firstByte === 0xfe); // 0b11111110 == 0xfe
+  const isSecondByteCorrect = (secondByte & 0xc0) === 0x80; // 0b10xxxxxx == 0x80
+
+  return isFirstByteCorrect && isSecondByteCorrect;
+}
+
+function filterOnlyValidAddress(addresses) {
+  // Return the first non IPV6 link-local address if present
+  for (const address of addresses) {
+    if (!isIpv6LinkLocal(address.address)) {
+      return address;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Otherwise return the first address
+  return addresses[0];
+}
+
 function lookupAndListen(self, port, address, backlog,
                          exclusive, flags) {
   if (dns === undefined) dns = require('dns');
   const listeningId = self._listeningId;
-  dns.lookup(address, function doListen(err, ip, addressType) {
+
+  dns.lookup(address, { all: true }, (err, addresses) => {
     if (listeningId !== self._listeningId) {
       return;
     }
     if (err) {
       self.emit('error', err);
     } else {
-      addressType = ip ? addressType : 4;
-      listenInCluster(self, ip, port, addressType,
+      const validAddress = filterOnlyValidAddress(addresses);
+      const family = validAddress?.family || 4;
+
+      listenInCluster(self, validAddress.address, port, family,
                       backlog, undefined, exclusive, flags);
     }
   });

src/cares_wrap.cc

@@ -1566,6 +1566,24 @@ void CanonicalizeIP(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
   args.GetReturnValue().Set(val);
 }
 
+void ConvertIpv6StringToBuffer(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
+  Isolate* isolate = args.GetIsolate();
+  node::Utf8Value ip(isolate, args[0]);
+  unsigned char dst[16];  // IPv6 addresses are 128 bits (16 bytes)
+
+  if (uv_inet_pton(AF_INET6, *ip, dst) != 0) {
+    isolate->ThrowException(v8::Exception::Error(
+        String::NewFromUtf8(isolate, "Invalid IPv6 address").ToLocalChecked()));
+    return;
+  }
+
+  Local<Object> buffer =
+      node::Buffer::Copy(
+          isolate, reinterpret_cast<const char*>(dst), sizeof(dst))
+          .ToLocalChecked();
+  args.GetReturnValue().Set(buffer);
+}
+
 void GetAddrInfo(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
   Environment* env = Environment::GetCurrent(args);
 
@@ -1902,6 +1920,8 @@ void Initialize(Local<Object> target,
   SetMethod(context, target, "getaddrinfo", GetAddrInfo);
   SetMethod(context, target, "getnameinfo", GetNameInfo);
   SetMethodNoSideEffect(context, target, "canonicalizeIP", CanonicalizeIP);
+  SetMethodNoSideEffect(
+      context, target, "convertIpv6StringToBuffer", ConvertIpv6StringToBuffer);
 
   SetMethod(context, target, "strerror", StrError);
 
@@ -1995,6 +2015,7 @@ void RegisterExternalReferences(ExternalReferenceRegistry* registry) {
   registry->Register(GetAddrInfo);
   registry->Register(GetNameInfo);
   registry->Register(CanonicalizeIP);
+  registry->Register(ConvertIpv6StringToBuffer);
   registry->Register(StrError);
   registry->Register(ChannelWrap::New);
 

test/parallel/test-net-server-close-before-calling-lookup-callback.js

@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 const common = require('../common');
 const net = require('net');
 // Process should exit because it does not create a real TCP server.
-// Paas localhost to ensure create TCP handle asynchronously because It causes DNS resolution.
+// Pass localhost to ensure create TCP handle asynchronously because it causes DNS resolution.
 net.createServer().listen(0, 'localhost', common.mustNotCall()).close();

test/sequential/test-net-server-listen-ipv6-link-local.js

@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const net = require('net');
+const dns = require('dns');
+const { mock } = require('node:test');
+
+if (!common.hasIPv6) {
+  common.printSkipMessage('IPv6 support is required for this test');
+  return;
+}
+
+// Test on IPv6 Server, dns.lookup throws an error
+{
+  mock.method(dns, 'lookup', (hostname, options, callback) => {
+    callback(new Error('Mocked error'));
+  });
+  const host = 'ipv6_link_local';
+
+  const server = net.createServer();
+
+  server.on('error', common.mustCall((e) => {
+    assert.strictEqual(e.message, 'Mocked error');
+  }));
+
+  server.listen(common.PORT + 2, host);
+}
+
+
+// Test on IPv6 Server, server.listen throws an error
+{
+  mock.method(dns, 'lookup', (hostname, options, callback) => {
+    if (hostname === 'ipv6_link_local') {
+      callback(null, [{ address: 'fe80::1', family: 6 }]);
+    } else {
+      dns.lookup.wrappedMethod(hostname, options, callback);
+    }
+  });
+  const host = 'ipv6_link_local';
+
+  const server = net.createServer();
+
+  server.on('error', common.mustCall((e) => {
+    assert.strictEqual(e.address, 'fe80::1');
+    assert.strictEqual(e.syscall, 'listen');
+  }));
+
+  server.listen(common.PORT + 2, host);
+}
+
+// Test on IPv6 Server, picks 127.0.0.1 between that and a bunch of link-local addresses
+{
+
+  mock.method(dns, 'lookup', (hostname, options, callback) => {
+    if (hostname === 'ipv6_link_local_with_many_entries') {
+      callback(null, [
+        { address: 'fe80::1', family: 6 },
+        { address: 'fe80::abcd:1234', family: 6 },
+        { address: 'fe80::1ff:fe23:4567:890a', family: 6 },
+        { address: 'fe80::200:5aee:feaa:20a2', family: 6 },
+        { address: 'fe80::f2de:f1ff:fe2b:3c4b', family: 6 },
+        { address: 'fe81::1', family: 6 },
+        { address: 'fe82::abcd:1234', family: 6 },
+        { address: 'fe83::1ff:fe23:4567:890a', family: 6 },
+        { address: 'fe84::200:5aee:feaa:20a2', family: 6 },
+        { address: 'fe85::f2de:f1ff:fe2b:3c4b', family: 6 },
+        { address: 'fe86::1', family: 6 },
+        { address: 'fe87::abcd:1234', family: 6 },
+        { address: 'fe88::1ff:fe23:4567:890a', family: 6 },
+        { address: 'fe89::200:5aee:feaa:20a2', family: 6 },
+        { address: 'fe8a::f2de:f1ff:fe2b:3c4b', family: 6 },
+        { address: 'fe8b::1', family: 6 },
+        { address: 'fe8c::abcd:1234', family: 6 },
+        { address: 'fe8d::1ff:fe23:4567:890a', family: 6 },
+        { address: 'fe8e::200:5aee:feaa:20a2', family: 6 },
+        { address: 'fe8f::f2de:f1ff:fe2b:3c4b', family: 6 },
+        { address: 'fea0::1', family: 6 },
+        { address: 'febf::abcd:1234', family: 6 },
+        { address: 'febf:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff', family: 6 },
+        { address: '127.0.0.1', family: 4 },
+      ]);
+    } else {
+      dns.lookup.wrappedMethod(hostname, options, callback);
+    }
+  });
+
+  const host = 'ipv6_link_local_with_many_entries';
+
+  const server = net.createServer();
+
+  server.on('error', common.mustNotCall());
+
+  server.listen(common.PORT + 3, host, common.mustCall(() => {
+    const address = server.address();
+    assert.strictEqual(address.address, '127.0.0.1');
+    assert.strictEqual(address.port, common.PORT + 3);
+    assert.strictEqual(address.family, 'IPv4');
+    server.close();
+  }));
+}
+
+
+// Test on IPv6 Server, picks ::1 because the other address is a link-local address
+{
+
+  const host = 'ipv6_link_local_with_double_entry';
+  const validIpv6Address = '::1';
+
+  mock.method(dns, 'lookup', (hostname, options, callback) => {
+    if (hostname === 'ipv6_link_local_with_double_entry') {
+      callback(null, [
+        { address: 'fe80::1', family: 6 },
+        { address: validIpv6Address, family: 6 },
+      ]);
+    } else {
+      dns.lookup.wrappedMethod(hostname, options, callback);
+    }
+  });
+
+  const server = net.createServer();
+
+  server.on('error', common.mustNotCall());
+
+  server.listen(common.PORT + 4, host, common.mustCall(() => {
+    const address = server.address();
+    assert.strictEqual(address.address, validIpv6Address);
+    assert.strictEqual(address.port, common.PORT + 4);
+    assert.strictEqual(address.family, 'IPv6');
+    server.close();
+  }));
+}