fwts: fwts_cpu_readmsr potential race between stat and open
Bug #1209225 reported by
Colin Ian King
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firmware Test Suite |
Fix Released
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Low
|
Colin Ian King | ||
Bug Description
This is a very low risk race found by Coverity Scan. Instead of stat() and then open(), we should just do an open() and reduce the window of opportinity for a time-of-use race issue.
Related branches
| Changed in fwts: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| status: | New → In Progress |
| assignee: | nobody → Colin King (colin-king) |
| Changed in fwts: | |
| milestone: | none → 13.09.00 |
Revision history for this message
| Colin Ian King (colin-king) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in fwts: | |
| status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
| Changed in fwts: | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
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Fix committed, commit e5f6ef4c783441e