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Running CONFIG SET tls-port on a Valkey build where TLS configuration cannot be initialized causes the server to crash with EXC_BAD_ACCESS.

Reproduction

Start Valkey:

./src/valkey-server *:6379

Then run:

./src/valkey-cli CONFIG SET tls-port 6784

The server crashes with:

EXC_BAD_ACCESS

The crash occurs in:

applyTLSPort

at the TLS listener lookup/dereference.

Expected behavior

CONFIG SET tls-port should return an error when TLS configuration is unavailable, without crashing the server.

For example:

ERR CONFIG SET failed (possibly related to argument 'tls-port') - Unable to update TLS configuration. Check server logs.

The server should remain available:

127.0.0.1:6379> PING
PONG

Actual behavior

The server crashes with:

EXC_BAD_ACCESS (code=1, address=0x18)

The crash occurs in:

connListener *listener = listenerByType(CONN_TYPE_TLS);
serverAssert(listener != NULL);

Additional context

The issue was reproduced while debugging CONFIG SET tls-port on macOS with LLDB.

Closes #4727

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The TLS configuration callbacks now detect unavailable TLS support before configuration. Tests update TLS-disabled configuration checks and validate the affected configuration commands.

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TLS configuration

Layer / File(s) Summary
TLS configuration error handling and validation
src/config.c, tests/unit/introspection.tcl
applyTlsCfg and applyTLSPort return TLS configuration is not available. when TLS support is absent. Tests exclude unavailable TLS settings and validate the affected configuration commands.

Priority: ⬆️ High

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Severity of issue fixed: High

Suggested reviewers: baraa-hasheesh

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The server fix is covered by a test that can miss an incorrect or successful response; assert the expected error before merging.

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Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 2 functions across 1 files. (1 skipped: 1 … Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Description check ✅ Passed The description clearly explains the TLS configuration crash, the affected command, the expected error response, and the server availability requirement. It directly matches the changeset and objectiv…
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely identifies the main change: preventing a crash from CONFIG SET tls-port when TLS is unavailable.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes satisfy #4727. applyTLSPort checks for unavailable TLS configuration before dereferencing or configuring it. It returns a TLS configuration error instead of crashing. The new no-TLS test…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes remain within #4727 scope. The applyTlsCfg and applyTLSPort guards prevent the same unavailable-TLS failure. The test updates cover the related TLS configuration commands and adjust TL…
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- Around line 1950-1953: Guard the “CONFIG SET tls-port fails gracefully when
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The applyTLSPort guard is correct, but the same NULL dereference is still live in applyTlsCfg a few lines above, and it is reachable both directly (CONFIG SET tls-cluster yes) and via tls-port itself when it is paired with another tls-* config in the same command. Details inline.

Comment thread src/config.c Outdated
/* Configure TLS in case it wasn't enabled */
if (connTypeConfigure(connectionTypeTls(), &server.tls_ctx_config, 0) == C_ERR) {
ConnectionType *con_type = connectionTypeTls();
if (!con_type || connTypeConfigure(con_type, &server.tls_ctx_config, 0) == C_ERR) {

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The guard here is right, but applyTlsCfg at src/config.c:2953-2954 has the identical unguarded connTypeConfigure(connectionTypeTls(), ...) and is still reachable on a build without TLS.

tls-cluster and tls-replication are MODIFIABLE_CONFIG with applyTlsCfg as their apply function (src/config.c:3664-3665) and no validator, so boolConfigSet writes server.tls_cluster = 1 (src/config.c:1954-1959) before configSetCommand runs the apply pass at src/config.c:1017. applyTlsCfg then passes its (server.tls_port || server.tls_replication || server.tls_cluster) guard and calls connTypeConfigure(NULL, ...), which dereferences ct->configure.

This also still hits the case the PR is fixing. tls-cert-file is VOLATILE_CONFIG, so stringConfigSet returns 1 even for an unchanged value (src/config.c:2005) and always queues applyTlsCfg. With CONFIG SET tls-cert-file /x tls-port 6798, applyTlsCfg is stored at apply_fns[0] and runs before applyTLSPort, with server.tls_port already set to 6798 — same NULL deref, guard here never reached.

Covering both from one place avoids the asymmetry:

static inline int connTypeConfigure(ConnectionType *ct, void *priv, int reconfigure) {
    if (!ct) return C_ERR;
    return ct->configure(priv, reconfigure);
}

The only other caller, src/server.c:3329, already checks !ct_tls and exits at src/server.c:3325-3328, so its behavior is unchanged.

Separately, on a build without TLS the message "Unable to update TLS configuration. Check server logs." sends the operator to logs that hold nothing new: connectionByType logs "Missing implement of connection type tls" once, and connectionTypeTls caches the NULL (src/connection.c:86-98), so that line was emitted long before the CONFIG SET. A distinct message for the missing-support case, matching the startup wording at src/server.c:3326, would be more actionable.

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Thanks for fixing this, comment inline. Please also update the top comment, don't just link the issue ID, you can copy the context to the top comment. Also if you are going to submit a PR to fix it, there is no need to create an issue.

Comment thread src/config.c
if (connTypeConfigure(connectionTypeTls(), &server.tls_ctx_config, 0) == C_ERR) {
ConnectionType *con_type = connectionTypeTls();
if (!con_type || connTypeConfigure(con_type, &server.tls_ctx_config, 0) == C_ERR) {
*err = "Unable to update TLS configuration. Check server logs.";

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please also check other config like tls-replication / tls-cluster. applyTlsCfg also have the same issue.

please also use a new error message here; this is a deterministic error.

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Ok. Thank you

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Comment thread tests/unit/introspection.tcl Outdated
Comment on lines +1952 to +1965
test {CONFIG SET tls-port fails gracefully when TLS is unavailable} {
catch {r config set tls-port 6798} err
list $err [r ping]
} {*TLS configuration is not available.* PONG}

test {CONFIG SET tls-cluster fails when TLS configuration is unavailable} {
catch {r config set tls-cluster yes} err
list $err [r ping]
} {*TLS configuration is not available.* PONG}

test {CONFIG SET tls-replication fails when TLS configuration is unavailable} {
catch {r config set tls-replication yes} err
list $err [r ping]
} {*TLS configuration is not available.* PONG}

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These new tests will fail when running against a TLS build

make distclean; make BUILD_TLS=yes -j 
./runtest --tls --single tests/unit/introspection.tcl                               

These tests are only valid when running against a non-tls build

make distclean; make -j
./runtest --single tests/unit/introspection.tcl

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Let me check it. Thank you

Signed-off-by: arshidkv12 <arshidkv12@gmail.com>

Fix CONFIG SET tls-port crash when TLS is unavailable

Signed-off-by: arshidkv12 <arshidkv12@gmail.com>

Fix CONFIG SET tls-port crash when TLS is unavailable

Signed-off-by: arshidkv12 <arshidkv12@gmail.com>

Fix CONFIG SET tls-port crash when TLS is unavailable

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Fix CONFIG SET tls-port crash when TLS is unavailable

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catch {r config set tls-port 6798}
catch {r config set tls-cluster yes}
catch {r config set tls-replication yes}

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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sed -n '1360,1400p' tests/unit/introspection.tcl
sed -n '1925,1980p' tests/unit/introspection.tcl
rg -n '\$::tls|tls-port|tls-cluster|tls-replication|TLS configuration is not available|applyTlsCfg|applyTLSPort' tests/unit/introspection.tcl src/config.c
sed -n '2925,3010p' src/config.c

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Length of output: 11268


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#!/bin/bash
rg -n '(^|[^[:alnum:]_])(::tls|set tls|set ::tls|tls[[:space:]]*=|connectionTypeTls|setConfig.*err|update.*Config|CONFIG SET)' tests src --glob '*.tcl' --glob '*.c' | head -n 240
printf '\n--- test harness context ---\n'
rg -n -A8 -B8 'set ::tls|set tls|::tls' tests --glob '*.tcl' | head -n 180
printf '\n--- config command error path ---\n'
rg -n -A12 -B12 'applyTLSPort|applyTlsCfg|update.*config|setConfig.*err|configSetCommand|configCommand' src/config.c src/*config*.c src --glob '*.c' | head -n 260

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Assert the TLS-unavailable error for each command.

catch discards each result, and this block runs in TLS-enabled modes. When TLS is disabled, all three callbacks return TLS configuration is not available.

-start_server {tags {introspection external:skip}} {
-
-    catch {r config set tls-port 6798}
-    catch {r config set tls-cluster yes}
-    catch {r config set tls-replication yes}
-    assert_equal "PONG" [r ping]
+if {!$::tls} {
+    start_server {tags {introspection external:skip}} {
+        assert_error {*TLS configuration is not available.*} {r config set tls-port 6798}
+        assert_error {*TLS configuration is not available.*} {r config set tls-cluster yes}
+        assert_error {*TLS configuration is not available.*} {r config set tls-replication yes}
+        assert_equal "PONG" [r ping]
+    }
 }
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In `@tests/unit/introspection.tcl` around lines 1955 - 1957, Update the TLS
configuration test around the server startup so TLS-disabled mode asserts the
expected “TLS configuration is not available.” error for each of the tls-port,
tls-cluster, and tls-replication commands instead of discarding results with
catch; retain the ping assertion and avoid running this block when TLS is
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