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Bug #2815

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race condition during file-magic initialization

Added by magen bluten almost 6 years ago. Updated about 1 year ago.

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Normal
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magen bluten
Target version:
TBD
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Description

the function `magic_open()` initializes a static global table (c array) without locking. thus, there is a race condition if multiple threads call `magic_open` in parallel. the corresponding source in the `file` repository is (in function `init_file_tables`);

https://git.in-ulm.de/cbiedl/file/src/master/src/apprentice.c#L389

not sure how the init sequence works in suri. so this could also be a non-issue.

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 #1

Updated by Victor Julien over 5 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Assigned
  • Assignee set to magen bluten
  • Target version set to TBD
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 #2

Updated by Philippe Antoine about 1 year ago

Could you provide more details ?
I do not see any problem with https://github.com/file/file/blob/546a4fdd985acf1e6c9b096b97b9a1e6aad93a04/src/magic.c#L267
ie `magic_open()` initializes a static global table (c array) without locking

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