GitHub Advisoryadvisory · crates.io

GHSA-wfg4-322g-9vqv memoffset allows reading uninitialized memory

MEDIUM Published 2023-06-21 Modified 2023-06-21 Official page ↗
Ecosystem
crates.io
Packages
memoffset
Severity
Moderate
Reviewed
2023-06-21

Affected packages

• crates.io memoffset: < 0.6.2 → fixed in 0.6.2

Description

memoffset allows attempt of reading data from address `0` with arbitrary type. This behavior is an undefined behavior because address `0` to `std::mem::size_of` may not have valid bit-pattern with `T`. Old implementation dereferences uninitialized memory obtained from `std::mem::align_of`. Older implementation prior to it allows using uninitialized data obtained from `std::mem::uninitialized` with arbitrary type then compute offset by taking the address of field-projection. This may also result in an undefined behavior for "father" that includes (directly or transitively) type that does not allow to be uninitialized. This flaw was corrected by using `std::ptr::addr_of` in .

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