Channels: fix the "server specified invalid channel" bug

Resolved by introducing a flag entry in channel structure.

include/libssh/channels.h

@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ enum ssh_channel_state_e {
   SSH_CHANNEL_STATE_CLOSED
 };
 
+/* The channel has been closed by the remote side */
+#define SSH_CHANNEL_FLAG_CLOSED_REMOTE 0x1
+/* The channel has been freed by the calling program */
+#define SSH_CHANNEL_FLAG_FREED_LOCAL 0x2
+/* the channel has not yet been bound to a remote one */
+#define SSH_CHANNEL_FLAG_NOT_BOUND 0x4
+
 struct ssh_channel_struct {
     ssh_session session; /* SSH_SESSION pointer */
     uint32_t local_channel;
@@ -61,6 +68,7 @@ struct ssh_channel_struct {
     uint32_t remote_maxpacket;
     enum ssh_channel_state_e state;
     int delayed_close;
+    int flags;
     ssh_buffer stdout_buffer;
     ssh_buffer stderr_buffer;
     void *userarg;
@@ -90,6 +98,7 @@ uint32_t ssh_channel_new_id(ssh_session session);
 ssh_channel ssh_channel_from_local(ssh_session session, uint32_t id);
 int channel_write_common(ssh_channel channel, const void *data,
     uint32_t len, int is_stderr);
+void ssh_channel_do_free(ssh_channel channel);
 #ifdef WITH_SSH1
 SSH_PACKET_CALLBACK(ssh_packet_data1);
 SSH_PACKET_CALLBACK(ssh_packet_close1);

src/channels.c

@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ ssh_channel ssh_channel_new(ssh_session session) {
   channel->session = session;
   channel->version = session->version;
   channel->exit_status = -1;
+  channel->flags = SSH_CHANNEL_FLAG_NOT_BOUND;
 
   if(session->channels == NULL) {
     session->channels = ssh_list_new();
@@ -175,6 +176,7 @@ SSH_PACKET_CALLBACK(ssh_packet_channel_open_conf){
       (long unsigned int) channel->remote_maxpacket);
 
   channel->state = SSH_CHANNEL_STATE_OPEN;
+  channel->flags = channel->flags & ~SSH_CHANNEL_FLAG_NOT_BOUND;
   leave_function();
   return SSH_PACKET_USED;
 }
@@ -620,7 +622,6 @@ SSH_PACKET_CALLBACK(channel_rcv_close) {
 	} else {
 		channel->state = SSH_CHANNEL_STATE_CLOSED;
 	}
-
 	if (channel->remote_eof == 0) {
 		ssh_log(session, SSH_LOG_PACKET,
 				"Remote host not polite enough to send an eof before close");
@@ -636,7 +637,9 @@ SSH_PACKET_CALLBACK(channel_rcv_close) {
 	      channel,
 	      channel->callbacks->userdata);
 	}
-
+	channel->flags &= SSH_CHANNEL_FLAG_CLOSED_REMOTE;
+	if(channel->flags & SSH_CHANNEL_FLAG_FREED_LOCAL)
+	  ssh_channel_do_free(channel);
 	leave_function();
 	return SSH_PACKET_USED;
 }
@@ -1019,7 +1022,6 @@ error:
  */
 void ssh_channel_free(ssh_channel channel) {
   ssh_session session;
-  struct ssh_iterator *it;
 
   if (channel == NULL) {
     return;
@@ -1031,7 +1033,28 @@ void ssh_channel_free(ssh_channel channel) {
   if (session->alive && channel->state == SSH_CHANNEL_STATE_OPEN) {
     ssh_channel_close(channel);
   }
+  channel->flags &= SSH_CHANNEL_FLAG_FREED_LOCAL;
 
+  /* The idea behind the flags is the following : it is well possible
+   * that a client closes a channel that stills exists on the server side.
+   * We definitively close the channel when we receive a close message *and*
+   * the user closed it.
+   */
+  if((channel->flags & SSH_CHANNEL_FLAG_CLOSED_REMOTE)
+      || (channel->flags & SSH_CHANNEL_FLAG_NOT_BOUND)){
+    ssh_channel_do_free(channel);
+  }
+  leave_function();
+}
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ * @brief Effectively free a channel, without caring about flags
+ */
+
+void ssh_channel_do_free(ssh_channel channel){
+  struct ssh_iterator *it;
+  ssh_session session = channel->session;
   it = ssh_list_find(session->channels, channel);
   if(it != NULL){
     ssh_list_remove(session->channels, it);
@@ -1042,8 +1065,6 @@ void ssh_channel_free(ssh_channel channel) {
   /* debug trick to catch use after frees */
   memset(channel, 'X', sizeof(struct ssh_channel_struct));
   SAFE_FREE(channel);
-
-  leave_function();
 }
 
 /**

src/session.c

@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ void ssh_free(ssh_session session) {
   }
   /* delete all channels */
   while ((it=ssh_list_get_iterator(session->channels)) != NULL) {
-    ssh_channel_free(ssh_iterator_value(ssh_channel,it));
+    ssh_channel_do_free(ssh_iterator_value(ssh_channel,it));
     ssh_list_remove(session->channels, it);
   }
   ssh_list_free(session->channels);