fix(pthread): avoid use-after-free when looking up TLS keys

Concurrent pthread_key_delete could free a key entry after find_key
released the lock but before callers read or invoked its destructor.
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Meet Patel
2026-07-06 15:29:52 +05:30
parent 4eaa03abf5
commit bf0e452b95
+21 -13
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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/*
* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017-2026 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
*
* SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
*/
@@ -72,17 +72,21 @@ int pthread_key_create(pthread_key_t *key, pthread_destructor_t destructor)
return 0;
}
static key_entry_t *find_key(pthread_key_t key)
static bool lookup_key(pthread_key_t key, pthread_destructor_t *destructor_out)
{
portENTER_CRITICAL(&s_keys_lock);
key_entry_t *result = NULL;;
SLIST_FOREACH(result, &s_keys, next) {
if (result->key == key) {
break;
key_entry_t *entry;
SLIST_FOREACH(entry, &s_keys, next) {
if (entry->key == key) {
if (destructor_out != NULL) {
*destructor_out = entry->destructor;
}
portEXIT_CRITICAL(&s_keys_lock);
return true;
}
}
portEXIT_CRITICAL(&s_keys_lock);
return result;
return false;
}
int pthread_key_delete(pthread_key_t key)
@@ -94,7 +98,12 @@ int pthread_key_delete(pthread_key_t key)
and delete any values associated with this key. We do not do this...
*/
key_entry_t *entry = find_key(key);
key_entry_t *entry = NULL;
SLIST_FOREACH(entry, &s_keys, next) {
if (entry->key == key) {
break;
}
}
if (entry != NULL) {
SLIST_REMOVE(&s_keys, entry, key_entry_t_, next);
free(entry);
@@ -138,9 +147,9 @@ static void pthread_cleanup_thread_specific_data_callback(int index, void *v_tls
// This is a little slow, walking the linked list of keys once per value,
// but assumes that the thread's value list will have less entries
// than the keys list
key_entry_t *key = find_key(entry->key);
if (key != NULL && key->destructor != NULL) {
key->destructor(entry->value);
pthread_destructor_t destructor = NULL;
if (lookup_key(entry->key, &destructor) && destructor != NULL) {
destructor(entry->value);
}
free(entry);
}
@@ -196,8 +205,7 @@ void *pthread_getspecific(pthread_key_t key)
int pthread_setspecific(pthread_key_t key, const void *value)
{
key_entry_t *key_entry = find_key(key);
if (key_entry == NULL) {
if (!lookup_key(key, NULL)) {
return ENOENT; // this situation is undefined by pthreads standard
}