ain1084/direct_ring_buffer · Security
Direct Ring Buffer has uninitialized memory exposure in create_ring_buffer
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-fp5x-7m4q-449f
- Severity
- low
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS v4
- 2 · 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
Description
The safe function create_ring_buffer allocates a buffer using Vec::with_capacity followed by set_len, creating a Box<[T]> containing uninitialized memory.
This leads to undefined behavior when functions like write_slices create typed slices (e.g., &mut [bool]) over the uninitialized memory, violating Rust's validity invariants. The issue has been confirmed using Miri.
Fixed in version 0.2.2 by using resize_with to properly initialize the buffer with T::default(), adding a T: Default bound to ensure sound initialization.
CWEs
- CWE-908 · Use of Uninitialized Resource