Rust XCB `xcb::Connection::connect_to_fd*` functions violate I/O safety
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 API of `xcb::Connection` has constructors which allow an arbitrary `RawFd` to be used as a socket connection. On either failure of these constructors or on the drop of `Connection`, it closes the associated file descriptor. Thus, a program which uses an `OwnedFd` (such as a `UnixStream`) as the file descriptor can close the file descriptor and continue to attempt using it or close an already-closed file descriptor, violating I/O safety. Starting in version 1.6.0, `xcb` provides `Connection::connect_with_fd` and `Connection::connect_with_fd_and_extensions` as safe alternatives and deprecates the problematic functions.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | xcb (crates.io) | before 1.6.0 | 1.6.0 | Patch available | GHSA-655h-hg88-5qmf |
- xcb (crates.io) Vendor— Affected before 1.6.0 Fixed in 1.6.0 Patch available GHSA-655h-hg88-5qmf
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-655h-hg88-5qmf xcb (crates.io) Fixed in 1.6.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-655h-hg88-5qmf
References
Other 7
- https://github.com/rust-x-bindings/rust-xcb/issues/167
- https://github.com/rust-x-bindings/rust-xcb/issues/282
- https://github.com/rust-x-bindings/rust-xcb/pull/283
- https://github.com/rustsec/advisory-db/pull/2355
- https://github.com/rust-x-bindings/rust-xcb/commit/da830976870c1174e3b33eb0643177be3991c002
- https://github.com/rust-x-bindings/rust-xcb
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2025-0051.html
Sources
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