rustsec-2026-0291

osv_rustsec
Description

`OwnedAlloc::drop_in_place` destroys the contained value by hand, then commits the ownership transfer with `mem::forget(self)` — which lives inside `into_raw` and so runs only after the destruction. `T::drop` is user code and may panic. If it does, the forget is skipped and the still-live `OwnedAlloc` unwinds, whose destructor drops the same `T` a second time and then deallocates. For a `T` that owns an allocation, the same block is freed twice — a double free (CWE-415). That destructor also reads the already-destroyed value through `Layout::for_value` before deallocating, a use-after-free (CWE-416). `MaybeUninitAlloc::drop_in_place` delegates to the same function, so both public entry points are affected. Storing a value whose `Drop` can panic and calling either is enough — no `unsafe` on the caller's side. ## Fix No fixed release is available. The crate has had no release since 2018 and the maintainer has not responded to the report, nor to the one on `lockfree`, which is published from the same account. `forget_inner` leaks the value instead of destroying it, which is safe.

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        "cvss": null,
        "informational": null,
        "source": "https://github.com/rustsec/advisory-db/blob/osv/crates/RUSTSEC-2026-0291.json"
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  "details": "`OwnedAlloc::drop_in_place` destroys the contained value by hand, then commits\nthe ownership transfer with `mem::forget(self)` — which lives inside `into_raw`\nand so runs only after the destruction. `T::drop` is user code and may panic. If\nit does, the forget is skipped and the still-live `OwnedAlloc` unwinds, whose\ndestructor drops the same `T` a second time and then deallocates. For a `T` that\nowns an allocation, the same block is freed twice — a double free (CWE-415).\nThat destructor also reads the already-destroyed value through\n`Layout::for_value` before deallocating, a use-after-free (CWE-416).\n\n`MaybeUninitAlloc::drop_in_place` delegates to the same function, so both public\nentry points are affected. Storing a value whose `Drop` can panic and calling\neither is enough — no `unsafe` on the caller's side.\n\n## Fix\n\nNo fixed release is available. The crate has had no release since 2018 and the\nmaintainer has not responded to the report, nor to the one on `lockfree`, which\nis published from the same account. `forget_inner` leaks the value instead of\ndestroying it, which is safe.",
  "id": "RUSTSEC-2026-0291",
  "modified": "2026-09-21T09:15:02.893165285Z",
  "published": "2026-09-09T12:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://crates.io/crates/owned-alloc"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0291.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://gitlab.com/bzim/owned-alloc/-/issues/1"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "summary": "Double free in `OwnedAlloc::drop_in_place` when the contained value's `Drop` panics"
}
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