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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 Nov 10, 2023

Package

cargo vm-memory (Rust)

Affected versions

< 0.12.2

Patched versions

0.12.2

Description

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

rust-vmm/vm-memory@aff1dd4
https://crates.io/crates/vm-memory/0.12.2

References

@roypat roypat published to rust-vmm/vm-memory Sep 1, 2023
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Sep 1, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Sep 4, 2023
Reviewed Sep 4, 2023
Last updated Nov 10, 2023

Severity

Low
2.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-41051

GHSA ID

GHSA-49hh-fprx-m68g

Source code

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