fix(esp_http_server): reply 501 to requests with an unrecognized method

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Ashish Sharma
2026-09-04 17:23:46 +08:00
parent 67ae553eab
commit 6dd4cfe95d
2 changed files with 24 additions and 14 deletions

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@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ esp_err_t httpd_stop(httpd_handle_t handle);
*/
typedef struct httpd_req {
httpd_handle_t handle; /*!< Handle to server instance */
int method; /*!< The type of HTTP request, -1 if unsupported method, HTTP_ANY for wildcard method to support every method */
int method; /*!< The type of HTTP request (enum http_method); a request with an unrecognized method is rejected with 501 before any URI handler runs */
const char uri[CONFIG_HTTPD_MAX_URI_LEN + 1]; /*!< The URI of this request (1 byte extra for null termination) */
size_t content_len; /*!< Length of the request body */
void *aux; /*!< Internally used members */
@@ -612,10 +612,11 @@ typedef enum {
*/
HTTPD_500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR = 0,
/* For methods not supported by http_parser. Presently
* http_parser halts parsing when such methods are
* encountered and so the server responds with 400 Bad
* Request error instead.
/* For request methods that http_parser does not recognize,
* and for requests carrying a Transfer-Encoding header (no
* transfer coding is implemented). Parsing aborted mid-request
* in both cases, so the server closes the session after the
* response regardless of what a custom error handler returns.
*/
HTTPD_501_METHOD_NOT_IMPLEMENTED,
@@ -623,8 +624,8 @@ typedef enum {
HTTPD_505_VERSION_NOT_SUPPORTED,
/* Returned when http_parser halts parsing due to incorrect
* syntax of request, unsupported method in request URI or
* due to chunked encoding / upgrade field present in headers
* syntax of request or due to an upgrade field present in
* headers that the server does not handle
*/
HTTPD_400_BAD_REQUEST,

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@@ -68,12 +68,10 @@ static esp_err_t verify_url (http_parser *parser)
const char *at = parser_data->last.at;
size_t length = parser_data->last.length;
/* http_parser stops with HPE_INVALID_METHOD before the URL callback for
* any method token it does not know, so the method is always valid here.
* That parser error is mapped to 501 in parse_block(). */
r->method = parser->method;
if (r->method < 0) {
ESP_LOGW(TAG, LOG_FMT("HTTP method not supported (%d)"), r->method);
parser_data->error = HTTPD_501_METHOD_NOT_IMPLEMENTED;
return ESP_FAIL;
}
if (sizeof(r->uri) < (length + 1)) {
ESP_LOGW(TAG, LOG_FMT("URI length (%"NEWLIB_NANO_COMPAT_FORMAT") greater than supported (%"NEWLIB_NANO_COMPAT_FORMAT")"),
@@ -600,6 +598,17 @@ static int read_block(httpd_req_t *req, http_parser *parser, size_t offset, size
return nbytes;
}
/* Map an http_parser failure to the HTTP status sent back. An unrecognized
* request method is a 501 (RFC 9110 section 15.6.2), every other parser
* error means the request syntax is malformed. */
static httpd_err_code_t parser_errno_to_err_code(const http_parser *parser)
{
if (HTTP_PARSER_ERRNO(parser) == HPE_INVALID_METHOD) {
return HTTPD_501_METHOD_NOT_IMPLEMENTED;
}
return HTTPD_400_BAD_REQUEST;
}
static int parse_block(http_parser *parser, size_t offset, size_t length)
{
parser_data_t *data = (parser_data_t *)(parser->data);
@@ -661,14 +670,14 @@ static int parse_block(http_parser *parser, size_t offset, size_t length)
return 0;
} else if (nparsed != length) {
/* http_parser error */
data->error = HTTPD_400_BAD_REQUEST;
data->error = parser_errno_to_err_code(parser);
data->status = PARSING_FAILED;
ESP_LOGW(TAG, LOG_FMT("incomplete (%"NEWLIB_NANO_COMPAT_FORMAT"/%"NEWLIB_NANO_COMPAT_FORMAT") with parser error = %d"),
NEWLIB_NANO_COMPAT_CAST(nparsed), NEWLIB_NANO_COMPAT_CAST(length), parser->http_errno);
return -1;
} else if (HTTP_PARSER_ERRNO(parser) != HPE_OK) {
/* http_parser error */
data->error = HTTPD_400_BAD_REQUEST;
data->error = parser_errno_to_err_code(parser);
data->status = PARSING_FAILED;
ESP_LOGE(TAG, LOG_FMT("parser error: %s"), http_errno_description(HTTP_PARSER_ERRNO(parser)));
return -1;