BUG/MEDIUM: quic: do not use qcs from quic_stream on ACK parsing
The quic_stream frame stores the qcs instance. On ACK parsing, qcs is
accessed to clear the stream buffer. This can cause a segfault if the
MUX or the qcs is already released.
Consider the following scenario :
1. a STREAM frame is generated by the MUX
transport layer emits the frame with PKN=1
upper layer has finished the transfer so related qcs is detached
2. transport layer reemits the frame with PKN=2 because ACK was not
received
3. ACK for PKN=1 is received, stream buffer is cleared
at this stage, qcs may be freed by the MUX as it is detached
4. ACK for PKN=2 is received
qcs for STREAM frame is dereferenced which will lead to a crash
To prevent this, qcs is never accessed from the quic_stream during ACK
parsing. Instead, a lookup is done on the MUX streams tree. If the MUX
is already released, no lookup is done. These checks prevents a possible
segfault.
This change may have an impact on the perf as now we are forced to use a
tree lookup operation. If this is the case, an alternative solution may
be to implement a refcount on qcs instances.
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