CWE-364 详情

CWE-364

Signal Handler Race Condition
2006-07-19
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2026-10-28
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名称: Signal Handler Race Condition

The product uses a signal handler that introduces a race condition.

基本信息

引入方式

Implementation : Race conditions frequently occur in signal handlers, since signal handlers support asynchronous actions.

适用平台

编程语言

名称: C (Sometimes)
名称: C++ (Sometimes)

常见后果

影响范围 影响 可能性
Integrity
Confidentiality
Availability
Modify Application Data, Modify Memory, DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart, Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands

注意: Attackers may be able to exploit a signal handler race condition to cause the product state to be corrupted. It may be possible to execute arbitrary code by modifying global variables or data structures at unexpected times, violating the assumptions of code that uses this global data.
Access ControlGain Privileges or Assume Identity

注意: If a signal handler interrupts code that is executing with privileges, it may be possible that the signal handler will also be executed with elevated privileges, possibly making subsequent exploits more severe.

观察示例

参考资料 描述

CVE-1999-0035

Signal handler does not disable other signal handlers, allowing it to be interrupted, causing other functionality to access files/etc. with raised privileges

CVE-2001-0905

Attacker can send a signal while another signal handler is already running, leading to crash or execution with root privileges

CVE-2001-1349

unsafe calls to library functions from signal handler

CVE-2004-0794

SIGURG can be used to remotely interrupt signal handler; other variants exist.

CVE-2004-2259

SIGCHLD signal to FTP server can cause crash under heavy load while executing non-reentrant functions like malloc/free.

潜在缓解措施

Phases : Requirements
Use a language that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
Phases : Architecture and Design
Design signal handlers to only set flags, rather than perform complex functionality. These flags can then be checked and acted upon within the main program loop.
Phases : Implementation
Only use reentrant functions within signal handlers. Also, use validation to ensure that state is consistent while performing asynchronous actions that affect the state of execution.

检测方法

Automated Static Analysis

Automated static analysis, commonly referred to as Static Application Security Testing (SAST), can find some instances of this weakness by analyzing source code (or binary/compiled code) without having to execute it. Typically, this is done by building a model of data flow and control flow, then searching for potentially-vulnerable patterns that connect "sources" (origins of input) with "sinks" (destinations where the data interacts with external components, a lower layer such as the OS, etc.)

漏洞映射说明

依据 : This CWE entry is at the Base level of abstraction, which is a preferred level of abstraction for mapping to the root causes of vulnerabilities.
备注 : Carefully read both the name and description to ensure that this mapping is an appropriate fit. Do not try to 'force' a mapping to a lower-level Base/Variant simply to comply with this preferred level of abstraction.

参考资料

REF-18

The CLASP Application Security Process
Secure Software, Inc..
https://cwe.mitre.org/documents/sources/TheCLASPApplicationSecurityProcess.pdf

REF-360

Delivering Signals for Fun and Profit
Michal Zalewski.
https://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/signals.txt

REF-361

Race Condition: Signal Handling
https://vulncat.fortify.com/en/detail?id=desc.structural.cpp.race_condition_signal_handling#:~:text=Signal%20handling%20race%20conditions%20can,installed%20to%20handle%20multiple%20signals.s

REF-44

24 Deadly Sins of Software Security
Michael Howard, David LeBlanc, John Viega.

REF-62

The Art of Software Security Assessment
Mark Dowd, John McDonald, Justin Schuh.

提交记录

名称 组织 日期 发布日期 Version
PLOVER 2006-07-19 +00:00 2006-07-19 +00:00 Draft 3

修改记录

名称 组织 日期 备注
Eric Dalci Cigital 2008-07-01 +00:00 updated Time_of_Introduction
CWE Content Team MITRE 2008-09-08 +00:00 updated Applicable_Platforms, Common_Consequences, Relationships, Other_Notes, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2010-09-27 +00:00 updated Observed_Examples, References
CWE Content Team MITRE 2010-12-13 +00:00 updated Common_Consequences, Demonstrative_Examples, Description, Observed_Examples, Other_Notes, Potential_Mitigations, Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2011-06-01 +00:00 updated Common_Consequences
CWE Content Team MITRE 2012-05-11 +00:00 updated Demonstrative_Examples, References, Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2014-06-23 +00:00 updated Demonstrative_Examples, References
CWE Content Team MITRE 2014-07-30 +00:00 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2017-11-08 +00:00 updated Observed_Examples, Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2020-02-24 +00:00 updated References, Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2021-03-15 +00:00 updated Potential_Mitigations
CWE Content Team MITRE 2022-04-28 +00:00 updated Relationships, Research_Gaps
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-01-31 +00:00 updated Description
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-04-27 +00:00 updated References, Relationships, Time_of_Introduction
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-06-29 +00:00 updated Mapping_Notes
CWE Content Team MITRE 2025-12-11 +00:00 updated Detection_Factors, Weakness_Ordinalities
CWE Content Team MITRE 2026-10-28 +00:00 updated Common_Consequences, Description, Modes_of_Introduction