GHSA-ppcp-v39w-8jq2 json
Outgoing datagram buffer accounting can panic the sender in quinn-proto
published last mo. modified 30d ago also RUSTSEC-2026-0343
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.1, OSV
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- —
- no score, EPSS covers CVEs only
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The limit on memory used to buffer outgoing datagrams, introduced in 0.11.17, subtracted an evicted datagram's size from the buffered byte counter twice when `Datagrams::send` was called with `drop = true` (as `Connection::send_datagram` in the `quinn` crate does) while the buffer was full. Under sustained eviction the counter drifts below its true value: debug builds panic with an integer underflow, while release builds wrap the counter, drain the whole queue, and then panic on a desynchronization check in a later `send` call. In `quinn`, this panic occurs while the connection lock is held, poisoning it and causing a double panic (and thus an abort) when the connection is dropped.
This can be triggered without a malicious peer, by an application that sends a burst of datagrams and then idles. It can also be triggered by a peer that keeps the connection alive with PING frames while withholding acknowledgements, so that the sender's congestion window stays closed and the outgoing queue never drains. Applications that use `send_datagram_wait` are not affected.
Only 0.11.17 is affected; the flaw was corrected in 0.11.18 by removing the redundant subtraction.
Thanks to [@alexpyattaev](https://github.com/alexpyattaev) for reporting and [@vcarus](https://github.com/vcarus) for fixing this issue.
Patch / fix
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Check with FencerCVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| OSV | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| crates.io | quinn-proto | >=0.11.17, <0.11.18 |
0.11.18 |
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