highVulnerability

GHSA-5gqc-qhrj-9xw8

### 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.

Properties

ghsa_id
GHSA-5gqc-qhrj-9xw8
severity
high
summary
Oxia affected by server crash via race condition in session heartbeat handling
cve_id
GHSA-5gqc-qhrj-9xw8
is_ghsa_only
true
ghsa_published
2026-04-14T23:15:00Z
source_url
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5gqc-qhrj-9xw8
ghsa_updated
2026-04-14T23:15:01Z

Related Entities (4)

VULNERABLE_TO (1)

[Software]go/github.com/oxia-db/oxia

AFFECTS (1)

[Software]go/github.com/oxia-db/oxia

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

[Weakness]Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

REPORTED_BY (1)

[Source]GitHub Advisory Database

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