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GHSA-49hh-fprx-m68g: Default functions in VolatileMemory trait lack bounds checks, potentially leading to out-of-bounds memory accesses

Impact

An issue was discovered in the default implementations of the VolatileMemory::{get_atomic_ref, aligned_as_ref, aligned_as_mut, get_ref, get_array_ref} trait functions, which allows out-of-bounds memory access if the VolatileMemory::get_slice function returns a VolatileSlice whose length is less than the function’s count argument. No implementations of get_slice provided in vm_memory are affected. Users of custom VolatileMemory implementations may be impacted if the custom implementation does not adhere to get_slice's documentation.

Patches

The issue started in version 0.1.0 but was fixed in version 0.12.2 by inserting a check that verifies that the VolatileSlice returned by get_slice is of the correct length.

Workarounds

Not Required

References

https://github.com/rust-vmm/vm-memory/commit/aff1dd4a5259f7deba56692840f7a2d9ca34c9c8 https://crates.io/crates/vm-memory/0.12.2

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Default functions in VolatileMemory trait lack bounds checks, potentially leading to out-of-bounds memory accesses

Low severity GitHub Reviewed Published Sep 1, 2023 in rust-vmm/vm-memory • Updated Sep 4, 2023

Package

cargo vm-memory (Rust)

Affected versions

< 0.12.2

Description

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database

Sep 4, 2023

Severity

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User interaction

Required

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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GHSA ID

GHSA-49hh-fprx-m68g

Source code

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