GHSA-8f24-6m29-wm2r
use-after-free in tracing
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), and then moves values out of those pointers using std::ptr::read.
// 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 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This means that these pointers are no longer valid.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!
What each source reports
GitHub AdvisoriesNo score
use-after-free in tracing
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), and then moves values out of those pointers using std::ptr::read.
// 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 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!
- Record
GHSA-8f24-6m29-wm2r- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVNo score
use-after-free in tracing
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), and then moves values out of those pointers using std::ptr::read.
// 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 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!
- Record
GHSA-8f24-6m29-wm2r- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVRUSTSEC-2023-0078No score
Potential stack use-after-free in `Instrumented::into_inner`
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), and then moves values out of those
pointers using std::ptr::read.
// 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 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!
- Record
RUSTSEC-2023-0078- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | GitHub Advisories, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
GHSA-8f24-6m29-wm2r is a vulnerability with no CVSS score yet in tracing, published October 19, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. Fixed in tracing 0.1.40.
References
github.com/tokio-rs/tracing/pull/2765
github.com/tokio-rs/tracing/commit/20a1762b3fd5f1fafead198fd18e469c68683721
github.com/tokio-rs/tracing/releases/tag/tracing-0.1.40
rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2023-0078.html
github.com/advisories/GHSA-8f24-6m29-wm2r
github.com/tokio-rs/tracing
crates.io/crates/tracing