linux-ext4 - [Bug 205567] potential (possibly benign) data race on ext4_dir_entry_2->inode when getdents64 and rename happens on the same directory

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Tue, 19 Nov 2019 01:29:29 +0000
From:   bugzilla-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org
To:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [Bug 205567] potential (possibly benign) data race on
 ext4_dir_entry_2->inode when getdents64 and rename happens on the same
 directory

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205567

Theodore Tso (tytso@....edu) changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 CC|                            |tytso@....edu

--- Comment #4 from Theodore Tso (tytso@....edu) ---
POSIX specifically states that it is undefined that if there is a rename taking
place during a readdir() scan, it is undefined whether the entry will appear or
not.

So, not a race.

-- 
You are receiving this mail because:
You are watching the assignee of the bug.