Bug 1950392 (CVE-2018-25008) - CVE-2018-25008 rust: weak synchronization in the Arc::get_mut method
Summary: CVE-2018-25008 rust: weak synchronization in the Arc::get_mut method
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2018-25008
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Reported: 2021-04-16 14:07 UTC by Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz
Modified: 2021-06-07 21:03 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: rust 1.29.0
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Last Closed: 2021-06-07 21:03:59 UTC
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Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2021-04-16 14:07:27 UTC 
In the standard library in Rust before 1.29.0, there is weak synchronization in the Arc::get_mut method. This synchronization issue can be lead to memory safety issues through race conditions.

Reference:
https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/51780

Upstream patch:
https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/52031
Comment 1 Product Security DevOps Team 2021-06-07 21:03:59 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-2018-25008
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