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Ensure that HACL* states are not read concurrently

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Since Aug 15, 2026.

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Description

Bug report

Bug description:

Sometimes, it's possible to read an HACL* state concurrently:

  • sha3 reads the live HACL state outside the object lock at six sites
  • blake2's digest_size getter reads the live HACL state outside the lock

Instead, we can (1) add this static information just after construction (2) compute it inside the lock sections. The problem is that HACL* update() functions update the entire state so reading static information is unsafe.

CPython versions tested on:

CPython main branch

Operating systems tested on:

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Linked PRs
  • gh-155838
  • gh-155839
  • gh-157038
  • gh-157039
  • gh-157041

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