Fundamentals of InfoSecintermediate
A program behavior that depends on the timing of operations is called a _____ condition.
Answer
race
Explanation
### Why this is right
A race condition occurs when the result depends on the timing or order of operations. The material highlights cases where a condition can change between checking a privilege and exercising it.
### The concept
If a permission check and the action it authorizes are not atomic, another change may occur between them. The program may then act on a stale assumption. The underlying cause may be a coding mistake or design problem.
### Terms
- **Race condition**: a timing-dependent behavior that can produce an incorrect or unsafe result.
- **Atomic operation**: an operation treated as indivisible, with no intervening change visible during it.
### Remember
A check followed later by an action can be unsafe if the state may change between them.
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