firebase-admin-node: Segmentation fault / std::bad_alloc on node version >= v12

[REQUIRED] Step 2: Describe your environment

Operating System version: Ubuntu 20.04, Debian Buster, OSX 10.15.6, Alpine 3.12.0
Firebase SDK version: 9.2.0
Firebase Product: database
Node.js version: v12.18.3
NPM version: 6.14.6

[REQUIRED] Step 3: Describe the problem

We have a pretty basic js-script to update a property in firebase (see below). This script works fine on node v10 and v11 but has a segmentation fault (std::bad_alloc) when run on node v12 or higher

Steps to reproduce:

Switch node version and run script:

$ nvm use v10
Now using node v10.22.1 (npm v6.14.6)

$ time node fire.js
OK
node fire.js  0,30s user 0,04s system 26% cpu 1,249 total


$ nvm use v12
Now using node v12.18.3 (npm v6.14.6)

$ time node ./fire.js 
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::bad_alloc'
  what():  std::bad_alloc
[2]    3460141 abort (core dumped)  node ./fire.js
node ./fire.js  0,28s user 0,03s system 0% cpu 1:01,63 total

(note the 28 second duration)

$ nvm use v14
Now using node v14.12.0 (npm v6.14.8)

$ time node fire.js
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::bad_alloc'
  what():  std::bad_alloc
[2]    3456469 abort (core dumped)  node fire.js
node fire.js  0,25s user 0,02s system 26% cpu 1,039 total

Relevant Code:

const admin = require('firebase-admin');
const FIREBASE_AUTH_DOMAIN = '';
const FIREBASE_DATABASE_URL = '';
const FIREBASE_CLIENT_EMAIL = '';
const FIREBASE_PRIVATE_KEY = ''

const credential = admin.credential.cert({
    projectId: FIREBASE_AUTH_DOMAIN,
    clientEmail: FIREBASE_CLIENT_EMAIL,
    privateKey: FIREBASE_PRIVATE_KEY,
});

const app = admin.initializeApp(
    {
        credential,
        databaseURL: FIREBASE_DATABASE_URL,
    },
    FIREBASE_AUTH_DOMAIN,
);
const firebaseScreenData = {
    'some-prop': 'some-value',
};
const firebaseClient = app;
const database = firebaseClient.database();

const main = async () => {
    try {
        await database.ref('temp-db').set(firebaseScreenData);
        await firebaseClient.delete();
    } catch (e) {
        console.log('Error', e);
        throw e;
    }
    console.log('OK');
};

main();

Node versions tested:

Version	Works
v8.11.4	✅
v10.22.1	✅
v11.15.0	✅
v12.18.3	❌
v13.14.0	❌
v14.12.0	❌

About this issue

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State: closed
Created 4 years ago
Reactions: 12
Comments: 22 (6 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

Same issue.

Running Firebase Admin on NodeJS > 11.15.0 cause “std::bad_alloc” or “Segmentation fault”

Node version : 14.6.0 Firebase Admin version : 9.4.2

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Everything works well with Node v11.15.0 and firebase-admin@9.4.2

CeebDev on Dec 23, 2020

Getting the same on a simple read with a query

const trips = Object.values<any>(
    (
      await app
        .database()
        .ref('trips')
        .orderByChild('type')
        .equalTo('trip')
        .limitToFirst(100)
        .once('value')
    ).val()
  );

PID 6554 received SIGSEGV for address: 0x0
/home/valentin/frantz2/ssr/node_modules/segfault-handler/build/Release/segfault-handler.node(+0x3246)[0x7f13bcbac246]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0(+0x13510)[0x7f13bf58d510]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x15f3b5)[0x7f13bf5193b5]
/home/valentin/.nvm/versions/node/v12.18.2/bin/node[0xa2a80d]
/home/valentin/.nvm/versions/node/v12.18.2/bin/node[0xbee089]
/home/valentin/.nvm/versions/node/v12.18.2/bin/node(_ZN2v88internal21Builtin_HandleApiCallEiPmPNS0_7IsolateE+0xb7)[0xbefe77]
/home/valentin/.nvm/versions/node/v12.18.2/bin/node[0x13ccf79]

valentin@LAPTOP-IU1DQOIA:~/frantz2/ssr$ node --version
v12.18.2
valentin@LAPTOP-IU1DQOIA:~/frantz2/ssr$ uname -r
4.19.128-microsoft-standard

ValentinFunk on Sep 29, 2020

Having the same issue too with fireadmin v10 and nodes (v12,v14,v16,v17). [donwngrading to node v11.15 & fireadmin v9.4.2 is working workaround for now.]

crash logs: PID 26541 received SIGSEGV for address: 0x0 0 segfault-handler.node 0x0000000108f8e0ba _ZL16segfault_handleriP9__siginfoPv + 298 1 libsystem_platform.dylib 0x00007ff81b436e2d _sigtramp + 29 2 node 0x00000001047959e0 _ZN2v88internal6Object15AddDataPropertyEPNS0_14LookupIteratorENS0_6HandleIS1_EENS0_18PropertyAttributesENS_5MaybeINS0_11ShouldThrowEEENS0_11StoreOriginE + 976 3 node.napi.node 0x0000000108fa4436 _ZN14Secp256k1Addon4InitEN4Napi3EnvE + 1826 4 node.napi.node 0x0000000108fa352d _Z4InitN4Napi3EnvENS_6ObjectE + 18 5 node.napi.node 0x0000000108fa3601 _Z11__napi_InitP10napi_env__P12napi_value__ + 109 6 node 0x00000001041c6956 _Z30napi_module_register_by_symbolN2v85LocalINS_6ObjectEEENS0_INS_5ValueEEENS0_INS_7ContextEEEPFP12napi_value__P10napi_env__S8_E + 838 7 node 0x00000001041cbad7 _ZNSt3__110__function6__funcIZN4node7binding6DLOpenERKN2v820FunctionCallbackInfoINS4_5ValueEEEE3$_0NS_9allocatorISA_EEFbPNS3_4DLibEEEclEOSE_ + 327 8 node 0x00000001041ca6e0 _ZN4node11Environment12TryLoadAddonEPKciRKNSt3__18functionIFbPNS_7binding4DLibEEEE + 320 9 node 0x00000001041ca4bb _ZN4node7binding6DLOpenERKN2v820FunctionCallbackInfoINS1_5ValueEEE + 587 10 node 0x00000001043e1dd9 _ZN2v88internal25FunctionCallbackArguments4CallENS0_15CallHandlerInfoE + 265 11 node 0x00000001043e18a6 _ZN2v88internal12_GLOBAL__N_119HandleApiCallHelperILb0EEENS0_11MaybeHandleINS0_6ObjectEEEPNS0_7IsolateENS0_6HandleINS0_10HeapObjectEEESA_NS8_INS0_20FunctionTemplateInfoEEENS8_IS4_EENS0_16BuiltinArgumentsE + 550 12 node 0x00000001043e101f _ZN2v88internal21Builtin_HandleApiCallEiPmPNS0_7IsolateE + 255 13 node 0x0000000104c51eb9 Builtins_CEntry_Return1_DontSaveFPRegs_ArgvOnStack_BuiltinExit + 57

yhayun on Nov 27, 2021