Bug 1950390 (CVE-2017-20004) - CVE-2017-20004 rust: synchronization problem in the MutexGuard object
Summary: CVE-2017-20004 rust: synchronization problem in the MutexGuard object
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2017-20004
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2021-04-16 14:02 UTC by Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz
Modified: 2021-06-07 21:03 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: rust 1.19.0
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Last Closed: 2021-06-07 21:03:55 UTC
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Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2021-04-16 14:02:03 UTC 
In the standard library in Rust before 1.19.0, there is a synchronization problem in the MutexGuard object. MutexGuards can be used across threads with any types, allowing for memory safety issues through race conditions.

Reference:
https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/41622

Upstream patch:
https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/41624
Comment 1 Product Security DevOps Team 2021-06-07 21:03:55 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-20004
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