** Changed in: compiz
Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
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Title:
Coverity TOCTOU - CID 12544 -
compizconfig/libcompizconfig/src/compiz.cpp - in function:
loadOptionsStringExtensionsFromXML(_CCSPlugin *, void *, stat *) -
Calling function "stat(char const *, stat *)" to perform check on
"pPrivate->xmlFile" in line 3174, 3 lines later calling function
"fopen(char const *, char const *)" that uses "pPrivate->xmlFile"
after a check function. This can cause a time-of-check, time-of-use
race condition.
Status in Compiz:
Fix Released
Status in Compiz 0.9.9 series:
Won't Fix
Status in compiz package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Bug description:
This bug is exported from the Coverity Integration Manager on Canonical's
servers. For information on how this is done please see this website:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CanonicalProductStrategy/Coverity
CID: 12544
Checker: TOCTOU
Category: No category available
CWE definition: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/367.html
File:
/tmp/buildd/compiz-0.9.9~daily13.01.14/compizconfig/libcompizconfig/src/compiz.cpp
Function: loadOptionsStringExtensionsFromXML(_CCSPlugin *, void *, stat *)
Code snippet:
3170 xmlDoc *doc = NULL;
3171 xmlNode **nodes;
3172 int num;
3173
CID 12544 - TOCTOU
Calling function "stat(char const *, stat *)" to perform check on
"pPrivate->xmlFile".
3174 if (stat (pPrivate->xmlFile, xmlStat))
3175 return;
3176
CID 12544 - TOCTOU
Calling function "fopen(char const *, char const *)" that uses
"pPrivate->xmlFile" after a check function. This can cause a time-of-check,
time-of-use race condition.
3177 FILE *fp = fopen (pPrivate->xmlFile, "r");
3178 if (!fp)
3179 return;
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