GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go
GHSA-5gqc-qhrj-9xw8 Oxia affected by server crash via race condition in session heartbeat handling
HIGH
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- 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