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Unsound sending of non-Send types across threads in threadalone
GHSA-w59h-378f-2frm
- Affected
- crates.io threadalone < 0.2.1
- Fixed in
- 0.2.1· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- Affected versions can run the Drop impl of a non-Send type on a different thread than it was created on. The flaw occurs when a stderr write performed by the threadalone crate fails, for example because stderr is redirected to a location on a filesystem that is full, or because stderr is a pipe that has been closed by the reader. Dropping a non-Send type on the wrong thread is unsound. If used with a type such as a pthread-based MutexGuard, [the consequence is undefined behavior][mutexguard]. If used with Rc, there would be a data race on the reference count, which is likewise undefined behavior. [mutexguard]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/23465#issuecomment-82730326
Recommended action: Upgrade to 0.2.1 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.