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RUSTSEC-2021-0072

Task dropped in wrong thread when aborting LocalSet task

Reported
Issued
Package
tokio (crates.io)
Type
Vulnerability
Categories
Keywords
#race-condition #send
Aliases
Details
https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/issues/3929
Patched
  • >=1.5.1, <1.6.0
  • >=1.6.3, <1.7.0
  • >=1.7.2, <1.8.0
  • >=1.8.1
Unaffected
  • <0.3.0
Affected Functions
Version
tokio::task::JoinHandle::abort
  • <=1.8.0, >=0.3.0

Description

When aborting a task with JoinHandle::abort, the future is dropped in the thread calling abort if the task is not currently being executed. This is incorrect for tasks spawned on a LocalSet.

This can easily result in race conditions as many projects use Rc or RefCell in their Tokio tasks for better performance.

See tokio#3929 for more details.