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    <bug>
          <bug_id>314931</bug_id>
          
          <creation_ts>2026-05-15 20:44:07 -0700</creation_ts>
          <short_desc>WorkerOrWorkletGlobalScope::postTask() should null-check workerOrWorkletThread() to handle cross-thread teardown race</short_desc>
          <delta_ts>2026-05-22 18:35:14 -0700</delta_ts>
          <reporter_accessible>1</reporter_accessible>
          <cclist_accessible>1</cclist_accessible>
          <classification_id>1</classification_id>
          <classification>Unclassified</classification>
          <product>WebKit</product>
          <component>WebCore Misc.</component>
          <version>WebKit Nightly Build</version>
          <rep_platform>Unspecified</rep_platform>
          <op_sys>Unspecified</op_sys>
          <bug_status>RESOLVED</bug_status>
          <resolution>FIXED</resolution>
          
          
          <bug_file_loc></bug_file_loc>
          <status_whiteboard></status_whiteboard>
          <keywords>InRadar</keywords>
          <priority>P2</priority>
          <bug_severity>Normal</bug_severity>
          <target_milestone>---</target_milestone>
          <dependson>299941</dependson>
          
          <everconfirmed>1</everconfirmed>
          <reporter name="David Kilzer (:ddkilzer)">ddkilzer</reporter>
          <assigned_to name="David Kilzer (:ddkilzer)">ddkilzer</assigned_to>
          <cc>webkit-bug-importer</cc>
          

      

      

      

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          <long_desc isprivate="0" >
    <commentid>2211348</commentid>
    <comment_count>0</comment_count>
    <who name="David Kilzer (:ddkilzer)">ddkilzer</who>
    <bug_when>2026-05-15 20:44:07 -0700</bug_when>
    <thetext>`WorkerOrWorkletGlobalScope::postTask()` and `WorkerOrWorkletGlobalScope::postTaskForMode()` unconditionally dereference the result of `workerOrWorkletThread()`. After `300878@main` (Bug 299941) converted the underlying `m_thread` field to `ThreadSafeWeakPtr&lt;WorkerOrWorkletThread&gt;`, that accessor can legitimately return `nullptr`, so these unconditional dereferences are now a nullptr crash.

They also must keep a RefPtr&lt;WorkerOrWorkletThread&gt; on the stack when calling out to a non-trivial method for SaferCPP.

Crash stack:

```
Thread 0 Crashed:
0   WebCore:  WorkerOrWorkletGlobalScope::postTask
1   WebCore:  ScriptExecutionContext::postTaskTo
2   WebCore:  WorkerGlobalScope::releaseMemoryInWorkers
3   WebCore:  releaseCriticalMemory
4   WebCore:  releaseMemory
5   WebKit:   WebProcess::initializeWebProcess (memory-pressure handler)
6   JavaScriptCore:  MemoryPressureHandler::releaseMemory
7   WebKit:   WebProcess::releaseMemory
8   WebKit:   WebProcess::prepareToSuspend
[...]
```</thetext>
  </long_desc><long_desc isprivate="0" >
    <commentid>2211349</commentid>
    <comment_count>1</comment_count>
    <who name="David Kilzer (:ddkilzer)">ddkilzer</who>
    <bug_when>2026-05-15 20:44:09 -0700</bug_when>
    <thetext>&lt;rdar://problem/165266466&gt;</thetext>
  </long_desc><long_desc isprivate="0" >
    <commentid>2211355</commentid>
    <comment_count>2</comment_count>
    <who name="David Kilzer (:ddkilzer)">ddkilzer</who>
    <bug_when>2026-05-15 20:51:41 -0700</bug_when>
    <thetext>Pull request: https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/pull/65030</thetext>
  </long_desc><long_desc isprivate="0" >
    <commentid>2213455</commentid>
    <comment_count>3</comment_count>
    <who name="EWS">ews-feeder</who>
    <bug_when>2026-05-22 18:35:12 -0700</bug_when>
    <thetext>Committed 313772@main (52162f9781a0): &lt;https://commits.webkit.org/313772@main&gt;

Reviewed commits have been landed. Closing PR #65030 and removing active labels.</thetext>
  </long_desc>
      
      

    </bug>

</bugzilla>