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TI-2023-30690 Aliases GHSA-xw5j-gv2g-mjm2

Miscompilation in cortex-m-rt 0.7.1 and 0.7.2

Priority LOW 38Published · Updated

Key facts

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Attack complexity
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Impact type
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Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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Fix status
Fixed

No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub.

Summary

Version 0.7.1 of the `cortex-m-rt` crate introduced a regression causing the stack to NOT be eight-byte aligned prior to calling `main` (or any other specified entrypoint), violating the [stack ABI of AAPCS32], the default ABI used by all Cortex-M targets. This regression is also present in version 0.7.2 of the `cortex-m-rt` crate. This regression can cause certain compiler optimizations (which assume the eight-byte alignment) to produce incorrect behavior at runtime. This incorrect behavior has been [observed in real-world applications]. **It is advised that ALL users of `v0.7.1` and `v0.7.2` of the `cortex-m-rt` crate update to the latest version (`v0.7.3`), AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.** Users of `v0.7.0` and prior versions of `cortex-m-rt` are not affected by this regression. It will be necessary to rebuild all affected firmware binaries, and flash or deploy the new firmware binaries to affected devices. [stack ABI of AAPCS32]: https://github.com/ARM-software/abi-aa/blob/edd7460d87493fff124b8b5713acf71ffc06ee91/aapcs32/aapcs32.rst#6212stack-constraints-at-a-public-interface [observed in real-world applications]: https://github.com/peter9477/test2

Why it matters now

Fix Fixed cortex-m-rt (crates.io): 0.7.3

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—cortex-m-rt (crates.io)0.7.0 to before 0.7.30.7.3Patch availableGHSA-xw5j-gv2g-mjm2
  • cortex-m-rt (crates.io) Vendor— Affected 0.7.0 to before 0.7.3 Fixed in 0.7.3 Patch available GHSA-xw5j-gv2g-mjm2

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-xw5j-gv2g-mjm2 cortex-m-rt (crates.io) Fixed in 0.7.3 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-xw5j-gv2g-mjm2

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