Fix critical memory safety issue in Transaction API #49
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🚨 Critical Memory Safety Fix
Problem
The Transaction API had a use-after-free vulnerability where Transaction stored a raw
*mut CBLDatabase
pointer without ensuring the underlying Database remains alive.Dangerous scenario:
Solution
Transaction now owns a
Database
clone instead of a raw pointer:Transaction::new()
callsdb.clone()
which uses reference countingDatabase::clone()
callsretain()
to increment CBLDatabase ref countChanges
Transaction.db_ref: *mut CBLDatabase
→Transaction.db: Database
Transaction::new()
takes&Database
instead of*mut CBLDatabase
self.db.get_ref()
instead of raw pointerTesting
Risk Assessment
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