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https://doc.rust-lang.org/nomicon/races.html
I know that it was unsafe block in this CVE, but the irony of the situation is funny.
Not only unironic but explained in the doc you referenced:
“However Rust does not prevent general race conditions.
This is mathematically impossible in situations where you do not control the scheduler, which is true for the normal OS environment.”