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Informational 18 Bitcoin

test: Add clean shutdown to Socks5Server

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Authored by optout

90/100 · Strong
test: Add clean shutdown to Socks5Server

The `Socks5Server` utility handles multiple incoming connections,
which are handled in separate background threads.
The `stop()` method unblocks and waits for the main background thread
cleanly, but it doesn't attempt to wait for any handler threads.
This change stores handler threads and connections, and attempts
to shut them down before `stop()` returns.

Co-authored-by: vasild <vd@FreeBSD.org>
Co-authored-by: w0xlt <94266259+w0xlt@users.noreply.github.com>
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Uses a recognizable type or scope✓ Provides detailed explanatory context✓ Mentions testing or verification
The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This is a test-only change to the SOCKS5 server helper used in Bitcoin Core's functional tests. It makes the test server shut down its background connection-handler threads cleanly instead of leaving them running. It does not affect the Bitcoin Core node software that users run on the network, so it has no direct security impact on live Bitcoin operations.

Recommended action

No security action required for production systems. Review and merge as a normal test-framework reliability improvement.

Security signals we found

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Clean shutdown of background threads in test utility

02

Use of socketpair to interrupt blocking select()

03

Daemon thread handling with defensive try_join_daemon_thread wrapper

Risk score

Why this scored 18/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 2/30
Exploitability 1/25
Stealth signal 1/15
Affected reach 2/15
Confidence 8/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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