Bug 1536763 - libguestfs Lua bindings use strerror(), which isn’t thread safe
Summary: libguestfs Lua bindings use strerror(), which isn’t thread safe
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
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Product: Virtualization Tools
Classification: Community
Component: libguestfs
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Richard W.M. Jones
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Reported: 2018-01-20 22:12 UTC by Demi Marie Obenour
Modified: 2018-01-22 17:57 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2018-01-22 17:57:25 UTC
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Description Demi Marie Obenour 2018-01-20 22:12:50 UTC 
Description of problem:

libguestfs Lua bindings use strerror(), which isn’t thread safe.

Expected behavior:

A function such as strerror_r() would be used.
Comment 1 Richard W.M. Jones 2018-01-22 17:02:29 UTC 
Patch posted:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2018-January/msg00182.html
Comment 2 Richard W.M. Jones 2018-01-22 17:57:25 UTC 
Fixed in >= 1.37.36.
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