GitHub Advisoryadvisory · crates.io

GHSA-585q-cm62-757j mnl has segmentation fault and invalid memory read in `mnl::cb_run`

LOW Published 2026-01-09 Modified 2026-02-10 Official page ↗
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

References