GitHub Advisoryadvisory · crates.io
GHSA-434x-w66g-qw3r bytes has integer overflow in BytesMut::reserve
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-25541
- Ecosystem
- crates.io
- Packages
- bytes
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-680
- Reviewed
- 2026-02-03
Affected packages
• crates.io bytes: >= 1.2.1, < 1.11.1 → fixed in 1.11.1
Description
Details
In the unique reclaim path of `BytesMut::reserve`, the condition
```rs
if v_capacity >= new_cap + offset
```
uses an unchecked addition. When `new_cap + offset` overflows `usize` in release builds, this condition may incorrectly pass, causing `self.cap` to be set to a value that exceeds the actual allocated capacity. Subsequent APIs such as `spare_capacity_mut()` then trust this corrupted `cap` value and may create out-of-bounds slices, leading to UB.
This behavior is observable in release builds (integer overflow wraps), whereas debug builds panic due to overflow checks.
PoC
```rs
use bytes::*;
fn main() {
let mut a = BytesMut::from(&b"hello world"[..]);
let mut b = a.split_off(5);
// Ensure b becomes the unique owner of the backing storage
drop(a);
// Trigger overflow in new_cap + offset inside reserve
b.reserve(usize::MAX - 6);
// This call relies on the corrupted cap and may cause UB & HBO
b.put_u8(b'h');
}
```
Workarounds
Users of `BytesMut::reserve` are only affected if integer overflow checks are configured to wrap. When integer overflow is configured to panic, this issue does not apply.
This vulnerability is also known as RUSTSEC-2026-0007.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-25541 Bytes is a utility library for working with bytes. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-680 Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow weakness
References
- https://github.com/tokio-rs/bytes/security/advisories/GHSA-434x-w66g-qw3r web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25541 advisory
- https://github.com/tokio-rs/bytes/commit/d0293b0e35838123c51ca5dfdf468ecafee4398f web
- https://github.com/tokio-rs/bytes package
- https://github.com/tokio-rs/bytes/releases/tag/v1.11.1 web
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0007.html web