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GHSA-5gqc-qhrj-9xw8 Oxia affected by server crash via race condition in session heartbeat handling

HIGH Published 2026-04-14 Modified 2026-04-24 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-40943
Ecosystem
Go
Packages
github.com/oxia-db/oxia
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weaknesses
CWE-362
Reviewed
2026-04-14

Affected packages

• Go github.com/oxia-db/oxia: < 0.16.2 → fixed in 0.16.2

Description

Summary A race condition between session heartbeat processing and session closure can cause the server to panic with `send on closed channel`. The `heartbeat()` method uses a blocking channel send while holding a mutex, and under specific timing with concurrent `close()` calls, this can lead to either a deadlock (channel buffer full) or a panic (send on closed channel after TOCTOU gap in `KeepAlive`). Impact A remote client can trigger a server crash by sending rapid `KeepAlive` requests while a session is expiring or being closed. This is a denial-of-service vulnerability that crashes the entire data server process. All versions are affected. Details In `oxiad/dataserver/controller/lead/session.go`, the `heartbeat()` method performs a blocking `s.heartbeatCh <- true` send. If the channel buffer is full (size 1), this blocks while holding the session mutex, preventing `close()` from acquiring the lock to close the channel — a deadlock. Additionally, in `session_manager.go`, `KeepAlive()` releases the session manager's read lock before calling `heartbeat()`, creating a TOCTOU window where the session can be removed and closed between the lookup and the heartbeat call. Patches Fixed by changing `heartbeat()` to use a non-blocking `select` with a `default` case, and by holding the session manager read lock through the entire `KeepAlive()` operation. Workarounds No workaround available.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-40943 Oxia is a metadata store and coordination system. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization weakness

References