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** CID 646963: Concurrent data access violations (MISSING_LOCK) /echocfg.c: 863 in main()


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*** CID 646963: Concurrent data access violations (MISSING_LOCK) /echocfg.c: 863 in main()
857 uifc.mode |= UIFC_COLOR;
858 break;
859 case 'V':
860 video_mode = atoi(argv[i] + 2); 861 break;
862 case 'S':

CID 646963: Concurrent data access violations (MISSING_LOCK) >>> Accessing "ciolib_initial_scaling" without holding lock "vstatlock". Elsewhere, "ciolib_initial_scaling" is written to with "vstatlock" held 5 out of 7 times.

863 ciolib_initial_scaling = strtod(argv[i] + 2, NULL);
864 break;
865 default:
866 USAGE:
867 #ifdef _WIN32
868 uifc.size = sizeof(uifc);

** CID 646962: Concurrent data access violations (MISSING_LOCK) /tmp/sbbs-Jun-23-2026/src/conio/sdl_con.c: 408 in sdl_init()


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*** CID 646962: Concurrent data access violations (MISSING_LOCK) /tmp/sbbs-Jun-23-2026/src/conio/sdl_con.c: 408 in sdl_init()
402
403 /* Called from main thread only (Passes Event) */
404 int sdl_init(int mode)
405 {
406 load_vmode(&vstat, ciolib_initial_mode);
407 if (vstat.scaling < 1.0)

CID 646962: Concurrent data access violations (MISSING_LOCK) >>> Accessing "ciolib_initial_scaling" without holding lock "vstatlock". Elsewhere, "ciolib_initial_scaling" is written to with "vstatlock" held 5 out of 7 times.

408 vstat.scaling = ciolib_initial_scaling;
409 if (vstat.scaling < 1.0)
410 vstat.scaling = 1.0;
411 // TODO: This is gross, why do we need it?
412 vstat.winwidth = vstat.scrnwidth * vstat.scaling;
413 vstat.winheight = vstat.scrnheight * vstat.scaling;


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1 new defect(s) introduced to Synchronet found with Coverity Scan.
2 defect(s), reported by Coverity Scan earlier, were marked fixed in the recent build analyzed by Coverity Scan.

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** CID 647057: High impact quality (Y2K38_SAFETY)
/mime.c: 43 in mimegetboundary()


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*** CID 647057: High impact quality (Y2K38_SAFETY)
/mime.c: 43 in mimegetboundary()
37 int i, num;
38 char* boundaryString = (char*)malloc(SIZEOF_MIMEBOUNDARY + 1);
39
40 /* A nonzero seed yields a deterministic boundary, so a message rendered
41 * more than once (e.g. the DKIM sign/send two-pass) gets an identical 42 * boundary both times; seed==0 preserves the original time-seeded behavior. */

CID 647057: High impact quality (Y2K38_SAFETY)
A "time_t" value is stored in an integer with too few bits to accommodate it. The expression "time(NULL)" is cast to "unsigned int".

43 srand(seed != 0 ? seed : (unsigned int)time(NULL));
44 if (boundaryString == NULL)
45 return NULL;
46 for (i = 0; i < SIZEOF_MIMEBOUNDARY; i++) {
47 num = (rand() % 62);
48 if (num < 10)


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** CID 647297: Concurrent data access violations (MISSING_LOCK) /tmp/sbbs-Jun-30-2026/src/conio/key.c: 34 in ciokey_init()


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*** CID 647297: Concurrent data access violations (MISSING_LOCK) /tmp/sbbs-Jun-30-2026/src/conio/key.c: 34 in ciokey_init()
28 static pthread_once_t ciokey_initialized = PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT;
29
30 static void
31 ciokey_init(void)
32 {
33 memset(&state, 0, sizeof(state));

CID 647297: Concurrent data access violations (MISSING_LOCK) >>> Accessing "state.events" without holding lock "ciokey_state.mutex". Elsewhere, "ciokey_state.events" is written to with "ciokey_state.mutex" held 6 out of 8 times.

34 listInit(&state.events, 0);
35 assert_pthread_mutex_init(&state.mutex, NULL);
36 state.wake_event = CreateEvent(NULL, FALSE, FALSE, NULL);
37 }
38
39 static void


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1 new defect(s) introduced to Synchronet found with Coverity Scan.
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** CID 648908: Resource leaks (RESOURCE_LEAK)
/prntfile.cpp: 747 in sbbs_t::menu_exists_in(const char *, const char *, const char *, bool, char *)()


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*** CID 648908: Resource leaks (RESOURCE_LEAK)
/prntfile.cpp: 747 in sbbs_t::menu_exists_in(const char *, const char *, const char *, bool, char *)()
741 if (*code == '.')
742 *sub = '\0';
743 if (mods)
744 SAFEPRINTF3(prefix, "%stext/menu/%s%s", cfg.mods_dir, sub, code);
745 else
746 SAFEPRINTF3(prefix, "%smenu/%s%s", cfg.text_dir, sub, code);

CID 648908: Resource leaks (RESOURCE_LEAK)
Ignoring storage allocated by "_fullpath(path, prefix, 4096UL)" leaks it.

747 FULLPATH(path, prefix, MAX_PATH);
748 SAFECOPY(prefix, path);
749 }
750 // Display specified EXACT width file
751 safe_snprintf(path, MAX_PATH, "%s.%ucol.%s", prefix, term->cols, ext);
752 if (fexistcase(path))


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