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GHSA-8mj7-wxmc-f424: Use after free in Neon external buffers

June 17, 2022

Neon provides functionality for creating JavaScript ArrayBuffer (and the Buffer subtype) instances backed by bytes allocated outside of V8/Node. The JsArrayBuffer::external and JsBuffer::external did not require T: 'static prior to Neon 0.10.1. This allowed creating an externally backed buffer from types that may be freed while they are still referenced by a JavaScript ArrayBuffer.

The following example demonstrates use after free. It compiles on versions <0.10.1 and fails to compile afterward.

pub fn soundness_hole(mut cx: FunctionContext) -> JsResult<JsArrayBuffer> {
let mut data = vec![0u8, 1, 2, 3];

// Creating an external from `&mut [u8]` instead of `Vec<u8>` since there is a blanket impl
// of `AsMut<T> for &mut T`
let buf = JsArrayBuffer::external(&mut cx, data.as_mut_slice());

// `buf` is still holding a reference to `data`!
drop(data);

Ok(buf)
}

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-8mj7-wxmc-f424
  • github.com/neon-bindings/neon
  • github.com/neon-bindings/neon/issues/896
  • rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2022-0028.html

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 0.8.0 before 0.10.1

Fixed versions

  • 0.10.1

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.10.1 or above.

Source file

cargo/neon/GHSA-8mj7-wxmc-f424.yml

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