Bug 217476
Summary: | Reconsider pthread_kill() use | ||
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Product: | Tools | Reporter: | Andrew G. Morgan (morgan) |
Component: | libcap | Assignee: | Andrew G. Morgan (morgan) |
Status: | NEW --- | ||
Severity: | normal | CC: | bagasdotme |
Priority: | P3 | ||
Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
Kernel Version: | Subsystem: | ||
Regression: | No | Bisected commit-id: |
Description
Andrew G. Morgan
2023-05-24 03:41:38 UTC
(In reply to Andrew G. Morgan from comment #0) > The audit performed on libcap > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lsuC_tQbQ5pCE2Sy_skw0a7hTzQyQh2C/view > > > Identified an issue (see LCAP-CR-23-102) regarding the use of > [lib]psx:pthread_kill() and the potential for segfaulting. I didn't view > this as a blocking issue for releasing libcap-2.69 so I'm filing this bug to > investigate it. > > I need to understand how to reproduce the stated failure mode and then I can > investigate a modified implementation. Seems like not Linux kernel issue, but rather libcap one. Please report to support channels for libcap[2]. (In reply to Bagas Sanjaya from comment #1) > (In reply to Andrew G. Morgan from comment #0) > > The audit performed on libcap > > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lsuC_tQbQ5pCE2Sy_skw0a7hTzQyQh2C/view > > > > > > Identified an issue (see LCAP-CR-23-102) regarding the use of > > [lib]psx:pthread_kill() and the potential for segfaulting. I didn't view > > this as a blocking issue for releasing libcap-2.69 so I'm filing this bug > to > > investigate it. > > > > I need to understand how to reproduce the stated failure mode and then I > can > > investigate a modified implementation. > > Seems like not Linux kernel issue, but rather libcap one. Please report to > support channels for libcap[2]. Oops, what I mean was "What have Linux kernel to do with this userspace library issue?". Nothing. This bug component is for libcap |