RUSTSEC-2026-0386

Source
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0386
Import Source
https://github.com/rustsec/advisory-db/blob/osv/crates/RUSTSEC-2026-0386.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RUSTSEC-2026-0386
Published
2026-10-13T12:00:00Z
Modified
2026-10-23T14:45:03Z
Summary
`AsyncFd::new` and related constructors violate I/O safety
Details

tokio::io::unix::AsyncFd provides safe constructors (new, with_interest, try_new, and try_with_interest) that accept any T: AsRawFd rather than requiring proof of ownership or validity of the file descriptor. Because RawFd implements AsRawFd, safe code can construct an AsyncFd from an arbitrary or closed file descriptor, or close/replace the underlying file descriptor while the AsyncFd is still alive.

This violates I/O safety in two ways:

  1. AsyncFd<T> implements AsFd for all T: AsRawFd by calling BorrowedFd::borrow_raw(self.as_raw_fd()), allowing safe code to obtain an arbitrary BorrowedFd<'_> without owning the file descriptor.
  2. Tokio's I/O driver stores a pointer to an internal allocation in the epoll/kqueue user data for registered file descriptors. If the underlying file descriptor is duplicated and then closed while an AsyncFd is alive, and the OS reuses that file descriptor number for a another IO resource on the same runtime, dropping the first AsyncFd deregisters the reused file descriptor number and frees the first while the original file description remains registered in epoll, leading to a use-after-free when a readiness event fires.

Starting in Tokio 1.51.6, 1.53.3, and 1.54.0, AsyncFd::new, AsyncFd::with_interest, AsyncFd::try_new, and AsyncFd::try_with_interest are deprecated in favor of the unsafe constructors AsyncFd::register and AsyncFd::register_with_interest. Callers must ensure that the file descriptor remains valid, open, and unchanged for the lifetime of the AsyncFd.

Database specific
{
    "license":  "CC0-1.0"
}
References

Affected packages

crates.io / tokio

Package

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0.3.2
Fixed
1.51.6
Introduced
1.52.0
Fixed
1.53.3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "affected_functions":  null,
    "affects":  {
        "arch":  [],
        "functions":  [
            "tokio::io::unix::AsyncFd::new",
            "tokio::io::unix::AsyncFd::try_new",
            "tokio::io::unix::AsyncFd::try_with_interest",
            "tokio::io::unix::AsyncFd::with_interest"
        ],
        "os":  []
    }
}

Database specific

categories
[
    "memory-corruption"
]
cvss
null
informational
"unsound"
source
"https://github.com/rustsec/advisory-db/blob/osv/crates/RUSTSEC-2026-0386.json"