Multiple soundness issues in Chunk and InlineArray

[Qwaz]

Hello, we have noticed a soundness issue and/or a potential security vulnerability in this crate while performing a security scan on crates.io.

Description

Chunk:

• Array size is not checked when constructed with unit() and pair().
• Array size is not checked when constructed with From<InlineArray<A, T>>.
• Clone and insert_from are not panic-safe; A panicking iterator causes memory safety issues with them.

InlineArray:

• Generates unaligned references for types with a large alignment requirement.

Demonstration

• Crate: sized-chunks
• Version: 0.6.2
• OS: Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS
• Rust: rustc 1.46.0 (04488afe3 2020-08-24)
• Cargo flags: --release

#![forbid(unsafe_code)]

mod boilerplate;

use sized_chunks::{Chunk, InlineArray};
use typenum::*;

#[repr(align(256))]
struct LargeAlign(u8);

struct DropDetector(u32);

impl DropDetector {
    fn new(num: u32) -> Self {
        println!("Creating {}", num);
        DropDetector(num)
    }
}

impl Drop for DropDetector {
    fn drop(&mut self) {
        println!("Dropping {}", self.0);
    }
}

impl Clone for DropDetector {
    fn clone(&self) -> Self {
        if self.0 == 42 {
            panic!("panic on clone")
        }
        DropDetector::new(self.0)
    }
}

struct PanickingIterator {
    current: u32,
    panic_at: u32,
    len: usize,
}

impl Iterator for PanickingIterator {
    type Item = DropDetector;

    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
        let num = self.current;

        if num == self.panic_at {
            panic!("panicking index")
        }

        self.current += 1;
        Some(DropDetector::new(num))
    }

    fn size_hint(&self) -> (usize, Option<usize>) {
        (self.len, Some(self.len))
    }
}

impl ExactSizeIterator for PanickingIterator {}

fn main() {
    boilerplate::init();

    // Some of these cases will panic earlier than assert in debug build due to overflow detection,
    // but they still have the same error

    // https://github.com/bodil/sized-chunks/blob/40aa74b824688a4d4b1e1c65a50c679abb58b41e/src/sized_chunk/mod.rs#L153-L177
    boilerplate::test_case(
        "1. Array size is not checked when constructed with `unit()` and `pair()`.",
        || {
            let _ = Chunk::<usize, U0>::unit(123);
            let mut chunk = Chunk::<usize, U0>::pair(123, 456);

            // Moreover, we can push more elements because `is_full` is implemented as `len != capacity`
            chunk.push_back(789);

            println!("len: {}", chunk.len());
            assert!(chunk.len() <= U0::USIZE);
        },
    );

    // https://github.com/bodil/sized-chunks/blob/40aa74b824688a4d4b1e1c65a50c679abb58b41e/src/sized_chunk/mod.rs#L815-L829
    boilerplate::test_case(
        "2. Array size is not checked when constructed with `From<InlineArray<A, T>>`",
        || {
            let mut from = InlineArray::<u8, [u8; 256]>::new();
            from.push(1);
            from.push(2);
            from.push(3);
            from.push(4);
            from.push(5);

            let to = Chunk::<u8, U0>::from(from);
            println!("len: {}", to.len());
            assert!(to.len() <= U0::USIZE);
        },
    );

    // https://github.com/bodil/sized-chunks/blob/40aa74b824688a4d4b1e1c65a50c679abb58b41e/src/sized_chunk/mod.rs#L120-L134
    boilerplate::test_case("3-1. `Chunk::clone()` is not panic-safe", || {
        let mut chunk = Chunk::<DropDetector, U3>::new();
        chunk.push_back(DropDetector::new(42));
        chunk.push_back(DropDetector::new(43));

        // observe the difference between creating and dropping log
        // uninitialized memory is dropped while unwinding
        println!("=> Dropping uninitialized memory");
        let _ = chunk.clone();
    });

    // https://github.com/bodil/sized-chunks/blob/40aa74b824688a4d4b1e1c65a50c679abb58b41e/src/sized_chunk/mod.rs#L564-L617
    boilerplate::test_case("3-2. `Chunk::insert_from()` is not panic-safe", || {
        let mut chunk = Chunk::<DropDetector, U5>::new();
        chunk.push_back(DropDetector::new(1));
        chunk.push_back(DropDetector::new(2));
        chunk.push_back(DropDetector::new(3));

        println!("=> Double-free of `DropDetector(2)`");
        chunk.insert_from(
            1,
            PanickingIterator {
                current: 1,
                panic_at: 1,
                len: 1,
            },
        );
    });

    boilerplate::test_case("4. `InlineArray` generates unaligned references for types with a large alignment requirement.", || {
        let mut arr = InlineArray::<LargeAlign, [usize; 256]>::new();
        arr.push(LargeAlign(0));

        boilerplate::assert_aligned(arr.get(0).unwrap());
    });

    // Other issues that should be fixed but probably minor to include in the advisory:

    // https://github.com/bodil/sized-chunks/blob/40aa74b824688a4d4b1e1c65a50c679abb58b41e/src/sized_chunk/mod.rs#L564-L617
    // `insert_from` relies on the behavioral correctness of `ExactSizeIterator`.
    // However, `ExactSizeIterator` is a safe trait, which has the same safety guarantee with `size_hint()`.
    // Programs should not assume that they will yield a correct value in unsafe code.
    // From Rust std doc: "An incorrect implementation of `size_hint()` should not lead to memory safety violations."
    //
    // Applying `take(insert_size)` and adjusting `left` and `right` field based on the number of items that are actually moved
    // (instead of using `insert_size`) will fix the problem.

    // https://github.com/bodil/sized-chunks/blob/40aa74b824688a4d4b1e1c65a50c679abb58b41e/src/inline_array/mod.rs#L167
    // This states an actual contract, so it should be `assert!()` instead of `debug_assert!()`
    // From Rust std doc: "Replacing `assert!` with `debug_assert!` is thus only encouraged after thorough profiling, and more importantly, only in safe code!"
}

Output:

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
| 1. Array size is not checked when constructed with `unit()` and `pair()`. |
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
len: 334
thread 'main' panicked at 'assertion failed: chunk.len() <= U0::USIZE', src/main.rs:109:13
note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| 2. Array size is not checked when constructed with `From<InlineArray<A, T>>` |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
len: 18446744052167409156
thread 'main' panicked at 'assertion failed: to.len() <= U0::USIZE', src/main.rs:126:13

-------------------------------------------
| 3-1. `Chunk::clone()` is not panic-safe |
-------------------------------------------
Creating 42
Creating 43
=> Dropping uninitialized memory
thread 'main' panicked at 'panic on clone', src/main.rs:59:13
Dropping 150495608
Dropping 32764
Dropping 42
Dropping 43

-------------------------------------------------
| 3-2. `Chunk::insert_from()` is not panic-safe |
-------------------------------------------------
Creating 1
Creating 2
Creating 3
=> Double-free of `DropDetector(2)`
thread 'main' panicked at 'panicking index', src/main.rs:78:13
Dropping 1
Dropping 2
Dropping 2

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| 4. `InlineArray` generates unaligned references for types with a large alignment requirement. |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
thread 'main' panicked at 'Reference is not aligned - addr: 0x7ffc08f859e8, align: 0x100', src/boilerplate.rs:46:9

Return Code: 0

[ErichDonGubler]

@Qwaz: Just wanted to confirm: should the advisory note that this affects the 0.6.x releases that are already live? Right now it only states that 0.5.3, and it doesn't match, but in this issue your OP states that this reproduces with 0.6.2 (the latest release at time of writing).

EDIT: tools like actions-rs/audit-check were what wrote 0.5.3 in reported issues, but it seems that the OP of those auto-filed issues have become outdated already.

[vorner]

As @bodil seems to be busy right now (at least, there doesn't seem to be much activity on the profile), I've decided to give it a look.

May I ask how thorough audid of the code have you done? Should I try going over the code after I get through the other half (I need to figure out what the general idea with the InlineArray is, on a first glance it looks a bit fishy).

[Qwaz]

• 1 and 2 can be easily fixed by adding a bound check.
• 3-1 and 3-2 may need a guard object like SetLenOnDrop (adapted for each case).
• There are multiple solutions for 4 that I can think of. To add a padding byte seems to be the least intrusive solution, but it might still change the behavior of some existing code.