[SSSD] [PATCH] Fix client libs thread safety
Simo Sorce
ssorce at redhat.com
Mon Nov 22 17:19:30 UTC 2010
On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:25:38 +0100
Sumit Bose <sbose at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 09:23:01AM -0500, Simo Sorce wrote:
> > On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:46:02 +0100
> > Sumit Bose <sbose at redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Protecting a whole PAM task like authentication with a mutex can
> > > lead to DOS situation when a user logs into a threaded
> > > application with his username but "forgets" to enter his password
> > > immediately because the phone is ringing.
> >
> > After discussing this point on IRC, moved the mutex to cover only
> > socket communication for the pam client.
> >
> > New patch attached.
>
> ACK
Pushed to master.
Simo.
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Simo Sorce * Red Hat, Inc * New York
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