Race Condition Affecting benchexec package, versions [,3.26)
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- published2 Dec 2024
- disclosed1 Dec 2024
- creditPhilipp Wendler
Introduced: 1 Dec 2024
New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-362 (opens in a new tab)Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
How to fix?
Upgrade benchexec to version 3.26 or higher.
Overview
benchexec is a framework for reliable benchmarking and resource measurement.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Race Condition via the asynchronous StartTransientUnit method within cgroupsv2.py. An attacker could manipulate the timing of transient unit creation, leading to inaccurate benchmarking results or denial of service.
Note:
This is only exploitable if the attacker has precise control over systemd interactions.