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fix: panic and worker hang in stream mode when no input is available - #1035

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Fixes #1090

Running dnsx -stream without piped stdin (e.g. interactively, or with stdin on /dev/null) panics with a nil pointer dereference in InputWorkerStream, since neither the -l file nor stdin is present and the scanner is left nil:

$ dnsx -stream < /dev/null
panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference
[signal SIGSEGV: segmentation violation code=0x1 addr=0x79 pc=0x6486ba]

goroutine 27 [running]:
bufio.(*Scanner).Scan(0x0?)
        src/bufio/scan.go:140 +0x1a
github.com/projectdiscovery/dnsx/internal/runner.(*Runner).InputWorkerStream(...)
        internal/runner/runner.go:247 +0x258

The same function also returns early on hosts-file open errors without closing workerchan, leaving the resolve workers blocked forever in for domain := range r.workerchan.

This closes the channel via defer so every exit path unblocks the workers, and reports the missing input instead of panicking. Regression tests cover both the no-input and unreadable-hosts-file paths (TestRunner_InputWorkerStreamWithoutInput).

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved stream-mode handling when no standard input or host-file input is available.
    • The scanner now reports an error and exits safely when it cannot obtain input, rather than risking a panic or stalled processing.
    • Worker processing is reliably closed after stream completion or early termination, including when input is missing or a host file cannot be opened.

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InputWorkerStream now handles missing stream input without scanning and closes workerchan when it exits. Tests cover empty stdin and unreadable host-file input.

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Stream input handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Input validation and channel lifecycle
internal/runner/runner.go, internal/runner/runner_test.go
InputWorkerStream logs and returns when no input is available. It defers workerchan closure and removes the explicit loop-end close. Tests verify channel closure for empty stdin and unreadable host-file input.

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Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: preventing a panic and worker hang in stream mode when no input is available.
Linked Issues check Passed [#1090] Requirement 1: dnsx -stream must not panic when no input is available. At the reviewed head, InputWorkerStream in internal/runner/runner.go checks for a hosts file, then fileutil.HasStdin(). I…
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[#1090] Requirement 1: dnsx -stream must not panic when no input is available. At the reviewed head, InputWorkerStream in internal/runner/runner.go checks for a hosts file, then fileutil.HasStdin(). If neither exists, it logs 'no input provided in stream mode' and returns. The scanner is no longer used while nil, so the nil dereference is removed. Requirement 2: the function must not leave resolve workers blocked when the hosts file cannot be opened. The function now begins with 'defer close(r.workerchan)', so every return path closes the channel, including the os.Open error path. The explicit close at the end of the scan loop was removed, so the channel is closed once. Test coverage: TestRunner_InputWorkerStreamWithoutInput in internal/runner/runner_test.go covers the no-input case (os.Stdin replaced with /dev/null) and the unreadable-hosts-file case (mode 000). Both assert NotPanics and that workerchan is closed. The unreadable-file subtest skips when the file remains readable, for example as root. The existing TestRunner_InputWorkerStream test is unchanged. The whole-PR diff tool was unavailable, so this verdict rests on the reviewed head file contents for runner.go and runner_test.go. The changed-blob diff could not be read. The head contents show the required behavior.

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The reviewed changes are limited to internal/runner/runner.go and internal/runner/runner_test.go, as described in the PR summary. The runner.go change adds the defer close, the no-input error path, and removes the trailing close. All of these changes serve #1090. The runner_test.go change adds the TestRunner_InputWorkerStreamWithoutInput regression test and the path/filepath import it needs. Test coverage for the linked issue is in scope. No unrelated behavior change was identified in the head file contents. The whole-PR diff could not be read with the available tool, so the check relies on the head contents and the PR summary. The 'tighten test' commit message is test-only per the summary and is not a separate scope concern.

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In `@internal/runner/runner_test.go`:
- Line 311: Update the unreadable-hosts-file test around InputWorkerStream to
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Mzack9999 merged commit 8a9a46b into projectdiscovery:dev Oct 23, 2026
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dnsx -stream panics when stdin has no input

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