Add advisory for sp-sized-chunks: panic-safety UAF/double-free in clear/drop_left/drop_right - #3136
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Add advisory for sp-sized-chunks panic-safety unsoundness
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Suggest adding a separate informational = "unmaintained" advisory as well.
update affected functions and fix date
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Filed the unmaintained advisory as a separate PR: #3143 |
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Affected crate(s)
sp-sized-chunks0.1.0 (197 recent downloads per crates.io)Links to upstream issue(s) or PR(s)
The repo is archived and the crate is still on 0.1.0 with no fix, so upstream reporting isn't possible.
sp-sized-chunksis a fork ofsized-chunks(companion advisory in #3111).Severity
Panic-safety unsoundness in
ChunkandInlineArray(clear,drop_left,drop_right,InlineArray::clear). Elements are dropped before the length/boundary metadata is updated, so a panicking elementDropleaves stale metadata and the container's ownDropre-drops already-freed elements — use-after-free / double-free reachable from safe Rust, confirmed under AddressSanitizer.Checklist
RUSTSEC-0000-0000as the IDdatefield is set to the public disclosure date