GitHub Advisoryadvisory · crates.io

GHSA-xw5j-gv2g-mjm2 Miscompilation in cortex-m-rt 0.7.1 and 0.7.2

MEDIUM Published 2023-02-14 Modified 2023-02-14 Official page ↗
Ecosystem
crates.io
Packages
cortex-m-rt
Severity
Moderate
Reviewed
2023-02-14

Affected packages

• crates.io cortex-m-rt: >= 0.7.0, < 0.7.3 → fixed in 0.7.3

Description

Version 0.7.1 of the `cortex-m-rt` crate introduced a regression causing the stack to NOT be eight-byte aligned prior to calling `main` (or any other specified entrypoint), violating the [stack ABI of AAPCS32], the default ABI used by all Cortex-M targets. This regression is also present in version 0.7.2 of the `cortex-m-rt` crate. This regression can cause certain compiler optimizations (which assume the eight-byte alignment) to produce incorrect behavior at runtime. This incorrect behavior has been [observed in real-world applications]. It is advised that ALL users of `v0.7.1` and `v0.7.2` of the `cortex-m-rt` crate update to the latest version (`v0.7.3`), AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Users of `v0.7.0` and prior versions of `cortex-m-rt` are not affected by this regression. It will be necessary to rebuild all affected firmware binaries, and flash or deploy the new firmware binaries to affected devices. [stack ABI of AAPCS32]: https://github.com/ARM-software/abi-aa/blob/edd7460d87493fff124b8b5713acf71ffc06ee91/aapcs32/aapcs32.rst#6212stack-constraints-at-a-public-interface [observed in real-world applications]: https://github.com/peter9477/test2

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