RUSTSEC-2024-0428 Undefined behaviour in `kvm_ioctls::ioctls::vm::VmFd::create_device`

An issue was identified in the VmFd::createdevice function, leading to undefined behavior and miscompilations on rustc 1.82.0 and newer due to the function's violation of Rust's pointer safety rules. The function downcasted a mutable reference to its struct kvmcreatedevice argument to an immutabl...

Undefined behaviour in `kvm_ioctls::ioctls::vm::VmFd::create_device`

An issue was identified in the VmFd::createdevice function, leading to undefined behavior and miscompilations on rustc 1.82.0 and newer due to the function's violation of Rust's pointer safety rules. The function downcasted a mutable reference to its struct kvmcreatedevice argument to an immutabl...

PT-2024-40971 · Unknown · Kvm-Ioctls

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: kvm-ioctls versions 0.1.0 through 0.19.0 Description: An issue in the VmFd::create device function causes undefined behavior due to a violation of Rust's pointer safety rules. The function downcasts a mutable reference to an immutable pointer...