Advisories for Cargo/Direct_ring_buffer package

2025

Direct Ring Buffer has uninitialized memory exposure in create_ring_buffer

The safe function create_ring_buffer allocates a buffer using Vec::with_capacity followed by set_len, creating a Box<[T]> containing uninitialized memory. This leads to undefined behavior when functions like write_slices create typed slices (e.g., &mut [bool]) over the uninitialized memory, violating Rust's validity invariants. The issue has been confirmed using Miri. Fixed in version 0.2.2 by using resize_with to properly initialize the buffer with T::default(), adding a T: Default bound to ensure sound …