Security Vulnerability in pthread_cond_wait (GLIBC): Thread can release another thread's mutex lock

Cristian Rodriguez yo@cristianrodriguez.net
Wed Mar 4 13:31:45 GMT 2026


> Severity: High - This breaks the fundamental security guarantee of mutexes that "only the thread that locked the mutex can unlock it".

Before reporting supposed vulnerabilities please read the actual specs
and the meaning of "undefined behaviour." Otherwise, you will find
many cases like this.


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