Issue 34209: racecondition - Python tracker (original) (raw)

Issue34209

Created on 2018-07-24 14:31 by Dhiraj_Mishra, last changed 2022-04-11 14:59 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (2)
msg322305 - (view)	Author: Dhiraj (Dhiraj_Mishra) *	Date: 2018-07-24 14:31
File: /cpython/blob/master/Modules/posixmodule.c#L2657 #endif result = access(path->narrow, mode); Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS return_value = !result; #endif If an attacker could change anything along the path between the call `access()` and the files actually used, it may exploit the race condition or a time-of-check, time-of-use race condition https://linux.die.net/man/2/access
msg322334 - (view)	Author: Inada Naoki (methane) *	Date: 2018-07-25 00:12
https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html#os.access It is already documented. What's point of this issue?