GitHub Advisoryadvisory · crates.io

GHSA-875g-mfp6-g7f9 `serde` deserialization for `FamStructWrapper` lacks bound checks that could potentially lead to out-of-bounds memory access

MEDIUM Published 2024-01-02 Modified 2024-02-10 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2023-50711
Ecosystem
crates.io
Packages
vmm-sys-util
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
Weaknesses
CWE-787
Reviewed
2024-01-02

Affected packages

• crates.io vmm-sys-util: >= 0.5.0, < 0.12.0 → fixed in 0.12.0

Description

Impact An issue was discovered in the FamStructWrapper::deserialize implementation provided by the crate for vmm_sys_util::fam::FamStructWrapper, which can lead to out of bounds memory accesses. The deserialization does not check that the length stored in the header matches the flexible array length. Mismatch in the lengths might allow out of bounds memory access through Rust-safe methods. Impacted versions: >= 0.5.0 Patches The issue was corrected in version 0.12.0 by inserting a check that verifies the lengths of compared flexible arrays are equal for any deserialized header and aborting deserialization otherwise. Moreover, the API was changed so that header length can only be modified through Rust-unsafe code. This ensures that users cannot trigger out-of-bounds memory access from Rust-safe code.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2023-50711 vmm-sys-util is a collection of modules that provides helpers and utilities used by multiple rust-vmm components. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References