Problem: When the browser is closed during startup, we crash inside PageHost::attach_compositor_ui_client() — on what looks like a normal null check, but which is actually reading uninitialized memory. Cause: A sync allocate_compositor_context_id IPC call is issued by the PageHost constructor before ConnectionFromClient::m_page_host has been assigned. The sync call runs inside the initializer that’s still computing m_page_host’s value. If a peer disconnects before responding (e.g., during shutdown), wait_for_specific_endpoint_message_impl’s failure path drains any still-queued messages via handle_messages(). One of those is the initial ConnectToCompositor, which dispatches to m_page_host->attach_compositor_ui_client() — but m_page_host is uninitialized garbage at that point, so the call segfaults. Fix: On peer EOF, stop draining queued messages from the failure path. Re-entering arbitrary handlers from any sync IPC wait is unsafe — since that wait can be reached from a constructor whose members are still being initialized. Instead, call shutdown() to close the transport and invoke die(). That exits processes cleanly via _exit(0) — achieving the same effect the queued close_server message would’ve had. Fixes https://github.com/LadybirdBrowser/ladybird/issues/9582 |
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Ladybird
Ladybird is a truly independent web browser, using a novel engine based on web standards.
Important
Ladybird is in a pre-alpha state, and only suitable for use by developers
Features
We aim to build a complete, usable browser for the modern web.
Ladybird uses a multi-process architecture with a main UI process, several WebContent renderer processes, an ImageDecoder process, and a RequestServer process.
Image decoding and network connections are done out of process to be more robust against malicious content. Each tab has its own renderer process, which is sandboxed from the rest of the system.
At the moment, many core library support components are inherited from SerenityOS:
- LibWeb: Web rendering engine
- LibJS: JavaScript engine
- LibWasm: WebAssembly implementation
- LibCrypto/LibTLS: Cryptography primitives and Transport Layer Security
- LibHTTP: HTTP/1.1 client
- LibGfx: 2D Graphics Library, Image Decoding and Rendering
- LibUnicode: Unicode and locale support
- LibMedia: Audio and video playback
- LibCore: Event loop, OS abstraction layer
- LibIPC: Inter-process communication
How do I build and run this?
See build instructions for information on how to build Ladybird.
Ladybird runs on Linux, macOS, Windows (with WSL2), and many other *Nixes.
How do I read the documentation?
Code-related documentation can be found in the documentation folder.
Get in touch and participate!
Join our Discord server to participate in development discussion.
Please read Getting started contributing if you plan to contribute to Ladybird for the first time.
Before opening an issue, please see the issue policy and the detailed issue-reporting guidelines.
The full contribution guidelines can be found in CONTRIBUTING.md.
License
Ladybird is licensed under a 2-clause BSD license.