http_server: address cumulative bytes on http2 headers by cosmo0920 · Pull Request #12590 · fluent/fluent-bit

cosmo0920 · 2026-10-16T07:59:56Z

The audit finding reproduced on the current branch: the original binary accepted all 12 oversized HTTP/2 cases. I added per-stream limits of 100 decoded fields and 64 KiB, covering pseudo-headers and trailers. An oversized stream is reset while the connection remains usable. The audit overstated retained-memory growth from repeated HPACK references; those references replace the same table entry, though they still amplify processing work.

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- HTTP/2 requests are limited to 65,536 bytes of decoded headers and 100 header fields per stream, including pseudo-headers and trailers. Requests that exceed either limit are rejected.
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- Rejected oversized HTTP/2 requests no longer prevent subsequent requests from being handled. HTTP/1 health checks remain available when HTTP/2 is enabled, and invalid headers are rejected without disrupting the connection.

Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Hatake <hiroshi@chronosphere.io>

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The HTTP/2 server advertises a 65,536-byte decoded header-list limit and enforces that limit and a 100-field per-stream limit. Integration tests cover cleartext and TLS listeners, header and trailer limits, stream resets, subsequent requests, and HTTP/1 health requests. The data-chunk callback no longer queues requests based on matching body length to content length.

Changes: HTTP/2 header limits

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Header budget state and limits `include/fluent-bit/flb_http_common.h`, `include/fluent-bit/http_server/flb_http_server_http2.h`, `src/flb_http_common.c`	`flb_http_stream` now tracks incoming header size and count, initialized to zero. The HTTP/2 budgets are 65,536 bytes and 100 fields per stream, including pseudo-headers and trailers.
Advertise and enforce HTTP/2 limits `src/http_server/flb_http_server_http2.c`, `tests/integration/scenarios/in_http/tests/test_http2_header_limits.py`	The server advertises the header-list limit and accounts for valid and invalid header fields before processing them. It resets streams that exceed the size or count budget. Integration tests cover limit boundaries, rejected streams, subsequent requests, HTTP/1 health checks, and trailer limits over cleartext and TLS.
Body completion callback handling `src/http_server/flb_http_server_http2.c`	The data-chunk callback no longer queues a request when accumulated body length matches `content_length`.

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  HTTP2Server->>HTTP2Client: Advertise 65,536-byte header-list limit
  HTTP2Client->>HTTP2Server: Send decoded header fields
  HTTP2Server->>HTTP2Server: Account for field size and count
  HTTP2Server->>nghttp2: Submit ENHANCE_YOUR_CALM reset when a budget is exceeded
  nghttp2-->>HTTP2Client: Return stream reset

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- Line 558: Update the header-budget check in the inbound HEADERS handling so it
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including when the request is already queued; reset the stream if either budget
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- Line 558: Register an invalid-header callback alongside http2_header_callback
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cosmo0920 added 2 commits October 16, 2026 16:55

http_server: bound decoded HTTP/2 request headers

573f911

Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Hatake <hiroshi@chronosphere.io>

tests: integration: cover HTTP/2 header budgets

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http_server: reject invalid HTTP/2 header fields

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http_server: wait for HTTP/2 end stream before dispatch

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