NEWS: Add entry for CVE-2021-27645
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1 /* Copyright (C) 2002-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
3 Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>, 2002.
5 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
7 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
8 version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
10 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13 Lesser General Public License for more details.
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
16 License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
17 <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
19 #include <errno.h>
20 #include "pthreadP.h"
21 #include <atomic.h>
24 int
25 __pthread_setcanceltype (int type, int *oldtype)
27 if (type < PTHREAD_CANCEL_DEFERRED || type > PTHREAD_CANCEL_ASYNCHRONOUS)
28 return EINVAL;
30 volatile struct pthread *self = THREAD_SELF;
32 int oldval = THREAD_GETMEM (self, cancelhandling);
33 while (1)
35 int newval = (type == PTHREAD_CANCEL_ASYNCHRONOUS
36 ? oldval | CANCELTYPE_BITMASK
37 : oldval & ~CANCELTYPE_BITMASK);
39 /* Store the old value. */
40 if (oldtype != NULL)
41 *oldtype = ((oldval & CANCELTYPE_BITMASK)
42 ? PTHREAD_CANCEL_ASYNCHRONOUS : PTHREAD_CANCEL_DEFERRED);
44 /* Avoid doing unnecessary work. The atomic operation can
45 potentially be expensive if the memory has to be locked and
46 remote cache lines have to be invalidated. */
47 if (oldval == newval)
48 break;
50 /* Update the cancel handling word. This has to be done
51 atomically since other bits could be modified as well. */
52 int curval = THREAD_ATOMIC_CMPXCHG_VAL (self, cancelhandling, newval,
53 oldval);
54 if (__glibc_likely (curval == oldval))
56 if (CANCEL_ENABLED_AND_CANCELED_AND_ASYNCHRONOUS (newval))
58 THREAD_SETMEM (self, result, PTHREAD_CANCELED);
59 __do_cancel ();
62 break;
65 /* Prepare for the next round. */
66 oldval = curval;
69 return 0;
71 strong_alias (__pthread_setcanceltype, pthread_setcanceltype)