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app-sre/vault-manager: toplevel/role/role.go; 36 LoC
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Description
Found a possible issue in [app-sre/vault-manager](https://www.github.com/app-sre/vault-manager) at [toplevel/role/role.go](https://github.com/app-sre/vault-manager/blob/bd9d33af19041e467f5df3f10c3c1511a7f1815c/toplevel/role/role.go#L84-L119)
Below is the message reported by the analyzer for this snippet of code. Beware that the analyzer only reports the first issue it finds, so please do not limit your consideration to the contents of the below message.
> range-loop variable authBackend used in defer or goroutine at line 102
[Click here to see the code in its original context.](https://github.com/app-sre/vault-manager/blob/bd9d33af19041e467f5df3f10c3c1511a7f1815c/toplevel/role/role.go#L84-L119)
Click here to show the 36 line(s) of Go which triggered the analyzer.
```go
for authBackend := range existingAuthBackends {
// Get the secret with the existing App Roles.
path := filepath.Join("auth", authBackend, "role")
secret := vault.ListSecrets(path)
if secret != nil {
roles := secret.Data["keys"].([]interface{})
var mutex = &sync.Mutex{}
bwg := utils.NewBoundedWaitGroup(threadPoolSize)
// fill existing policies array in parallel
for i := range roles {
bwg.Add(1)
go func(i int) {
path := filepath.Join("auth", authBackend, "role", roles[i].(string))
mutex.Lock()
existingRoles = append(existingRoles, entry{
Name: roles[i].(string),
Type: existingAuthBackends[authBackend].Type,
Mount: authBackend,
Options: vault.ReadSecret(path).Data,
})
defer bwg.Done()
defer mutex.Unlock()
}(i)
}
bwg.Wait()
}
}
```
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commit ID: bd9d33af19041e467f5df3f10c3c1511a7f1815c
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Open toplevel/role/role.go at lines 84-119 and inspect how the goroutine closes over authBackend while iterating existingAuthBackends. Determine whether the analyzer finding is a real bug, mitigated, or desirable behavior, then leave the corresponding reaction requested by the issue.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100