Checking for Race Conditions in File Accesses (1996)
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Matt Bishop
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Michael Dilger
| Venue: | COMPUTING SYSTEMS |
| Citations: | 119 - 3 self |
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@MISC{Bishop96checkingfor,
author = {Matt Bishop and Michael Dilger},
title = {Checking for Race Conditions in File Accesses },
year = {1996}
}
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Abstract
Flaws due to race conditions in which the binding of a name to an object changes between repeated references occur in many programs. We examine one type of this flaw in the UNIX operating system, and describe a semantic method for detecting possible instances of this problem. We present the results of one such analysis in which a previously undiscovered race condition flaw was found.
