GitHub Advisoryadvisory · crates.io
GHSA-585q-cm62-757j mnl has segmentation fault and invalid memory read in `mnl::cb_run`
LOW
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- Ecosystem
- crates.io
- Packages
- mnl
- Severity
- Low
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125
- Reviewed
- 2026-01-09
Affected packages
• crates.io mnl: < 0.3.1 → fixed in 0.3.1
Description
The function `mnl::cb_run` is marked as safe but exhibits unsound behavior when processing malformed Netlink message buffers.
Passing a crafted byte slice to `mnl::cb_run` can trigger memory violations. The function does not sufficiently validate the input buffer structure before processing, leading to out-of-bounds reads.
This vulnerability allows an attacker to cause a Denial of Service (segmentation fault) or potentially read unmapped memory by providing a malformed Netlink message.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness