gh-124984: Fix ssl thread safety

Lib/test/test_ssl.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import unittest
 import unittest.mock
 from ast import literal_eval
+from threading import Thread
 from test import support
 from test.support import import_helper
 from test.support import os_helper
@@ -277,11 +278,19 @@ def test_wrap_socket(sock, *,
     return context.wrap_socket(sock, **kwargs)
 
 
+USE_SAME_TEST_CONTEXT = False
+_TEST_CONTEXT = None
+
 def testing_context(server_cert=SIGNED_CERTFILE, *, server_chain=True):
     """Create context
 
     client_context, server_context, hostname = testing_context()
     """
+    global _TEST_CONTEXT
+    if USE_SAME_TEST_CONTEXT:
+        if _TEST_CONTEXT is not None:
+            return _TEST_CONTEXT
+
     if server_cert == SIGNED_CERTFILE:
         hostname = SIGNED_CERTFILE_HOSTNAME
     elif server_cert == SIGNED_CERTFILE2:
@@ -299,6 +308,10 @@ def testing_context(server_cert=SIGNED_CERTFILE, *, server_chain=True):
     if server_chain:
         server_context.load_verify_locations(SIGNING_CA)
 
+    if USE_SAME_TEST_CONTEXT:
+        if _TEST_CONTEXT is not None:
+            _TEST_CONTEXT = client_context, server_context, hostname
+
     return client_context, server_context, hostname
 
 
@@ -2800,6 +2813,39 @@ def test_echo(self):
                 'Cannot create a client socket with a PROTOCOL_TLS_SERVER context',
                 str(e.exception))
 
+    @unittest.skipUnless(support.Py_GIL_DISABLED, "test is only useful if the GIL is disabled")
+    def test_ssl_in_multiple_threads(self):
+        # See GH-124984
+        threads = []
+
+        global USE_SAME_TEST_CONTEXT
+        USE_SAME_TEST_CONTEXT = True
+        try:
+            for func in (
+                self.test_echo,
+                self.test_alpn_protocols,
+                self.test_getpeercert,
+                self.test_crl_check,
+                self.test_check_hostname_idn,
+                self.test_wrong_cert_tls12,
+                self.test_wrong_cert_tls13,
+            ):
+                # Be careful with the number of threads here.
+                # Too many can result in failing tests.
+                for num in range(5):
+                    with self.subTest(func=func, num=num):
+                        threads.append(Thread(target=func))
+
+            for thread in threads:
+                with self.subTest(thread=thread):
+                    thread.start()
+
+            for thread in threads:
+                with self.subTest(thread=thread):
+                    thread.join()
+        finally:
+            USE_SAME_TEST_CONTEXT = False
+
     def test_getpeercert(self):
         if support.verbose:
             sys.stdout.write("\n")

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-10-04-22-43-48.gh-issue-124984.xjMv9b.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed thread safety in :mod:`ssl`.