alexpyattaev/borrowck_sacrifices · Security

Borrowck Scarifices exposes uninitialized memory in any_as_u8_slice

GHSA ID
GHSA-xcpm-76hf-c9cc
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 any_as_u8_slice can create byte slices that reference uninitialized memory when used with types containing padding bytes.

The function uses slice::from_raw_parts to create a &[u8] covering the entire size of a type, including padding bytes. According to Rust's documentation, from_raw_parts requires all bytes to be properly initialized, but padding bytes in structs are not guaranteed to be initialized. This violates the safety contract and causes undefined behavior.

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