use-after-free in tracing
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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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
The implementation of the [`Instrumented::into_inner`] method in affected versions of this crate contains undefined behavior due to incorrect use of [`std::mem::forget`] The function creates `*const` pointers to `self`, calls [`mem::forget(self)`][`std::mem::forget`], and then moves values out of those pointers using [`std::ptr::read`]. ```rust // To manually destructure `Instrumented` without `Drop`, we // move it into a ManuallyDrop and use pointers to its fields let span: *const Span = &this.span; let inner: *const ManuallyDrop<T> = &this.inner; mem::forget(self); // SAFETY: Those pointers are valid for reads, because `Drop` didn't // run, and properly aligned, because `Instrumented` isn't // `#[repr(packed)]`. let _span = unsafe { span.read() }; let inner = unsafe { inner.read() }; ``` However, the [`mem::forget` documentation][`std::mem::forget`] states: > Any resources the value manages, such as heap memory or a file handle, will > linger forever in an unreachable state. **However, it does not guarantee that > pointers to this memory will remain valid.** This means that these pointers are no longer valid. This could result in a stack use-after-free if LLVM chooses to reuse `self`'s stack slot for a rebinding after the call to [`std::mem::forget`]. This undefined behavior has not been observed to cause miscompilation as of Rust 1.73.0. However, any use of this method with the affected versions of `tracing` are unsound. The flaw was corrected in commit [20a1762] ([PR #2765]) by replacing the use of [`std::mem::forget`] with `std::mem::ManuallyDrop`, ensuring that the stack slot is not reused and the pointers remain valid when they are read. The fix is published in `tracing` [v0.1.40]. Affected versions have been yanked from crates.io. Thanks to [Taylor Cramer] and [Manish Goregaokar] for finding and correcting this issue! [`Instrumented::into_inner`]: https://docs.rs/tracing/latest/tracing/instrument/struct.Instrumented.html#method.into_inner [`std::mem::forget`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/mem/fn.forget.html [`std::ptr::read`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/primitive.pointer.html#method.read-1 [20a1762]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tracing/commit/20a1762b3fd5f1fafead198fd18e469c68683721 [PR #2765]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tracing/pull/2765 [v0.1.40]: https://crates.io/crates/tracing/0.1.40 [Taylor Cramer]: https://github.com/cramertj [Manish Goregaokar]: https://github.com/manishearth
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | tracing (crates.io) | 0.1.38 to before 0.1.40 | 0.1.40 | Patch available | GHSA-8f24-6m29-wm2r |
- tracing (crates.io) Vendor— Affected 0.1.38 to before 0.1.40 Fixed in 0.1.40 Patch available GHSA-8f24-6m29-wm2r
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-8f24-6m29-wm2r tracing (crates.io) Fixed in 0.1.40 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-8f24-6m29-wm2r
References
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