Soundness issues in crates for self-referential structs
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Description
Most crates that allow self-referential structs are unsound. See https://github.com/Voultapher/self_cell/pull/41 for a list of crates and issues.
We have advisories for Ourouboros (RUSTSEC-2023-0042) and owning-ref (https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2022-0040.html), we should cover the remaining crates with advisories as well.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing self_cell PR 41 and the existing Ourouboros and owning-ref advisories linked in the issue. Identify the remaining affected crates and verify their soundness issues before preparing advisories for them; done means the remaining crates are covered in the advisory database.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- security
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100