[vlc-devel] [PATCH] access directory: try opening files as non blocking (fix #6940).

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Le jeudi 14 juin 2012 17:57:34 Francois Cartegnie, vous avez écrit :
> Le 14/06/2012 06:34, Rémi Denis-Courmont a écrit :
> > If we assume that non-blocking mode has no effects on directories and
> > regular files, then this is correct.
> > 
> > But the specification says not that it has no effects, but that it is
> > undefined :-(
> 
> What if we swap stat() & openat() calls ?

TOCTOU bug.

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