Data::RingBuffer::Shared versions before 0.04 for Perl allow a stack buffer overflow via an unvalidated elem_size in ring_read_seq

Summary

CVECVE-2026-59144
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerCPANSec
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-07-21 20:17:03 UTC
Updated2026-07-21 20:17:03 UTC
DescriptionData::RingBuffer::Shared versions before 0.04 for Perl allow a stack buffer overflow via an unvalidated elem_size in ring_read_seq. The attach-time validator ring_validate_header checks the capacity-overflow and total_size consistency of the header but never caps elem_size against the destination size. ring_read_seq does memcpy(out, ring_slot(h, seq), elem_size) with elem_size read raw from the mmap'd segment, copying into a fixed 8-byte destination scalar. An elem_size larger than 8 bytes writes past the destination. A local peer that can write the backing file can leave the header valid while setting a large elem_size, so the next read copies a file-controlled length into the fixed 8-byte stack buffer, corrupting adjacent stack frames.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-121 | CWE-121 CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA EGOR DataRingBufferShared affected 0.04 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
metacpan.org/release/EGOR/Data-RingBuffer-Shared-0.04/changes 9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e metacpan.org
metacpan.org/release/EGOR/Data-RingBuffer-Shared-0.04/diff/EGOR/Data-RingB... 9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e metacpan.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Additional Advisory Data

Solutions

CNA: Upgrade to Data::RingBuffer::Shared 0.04 or later, which pins elem_size to the fixed element size of the buffer's registered variant.

Workarounds

CNA: For deployments that cannot upgrade to 0.04, place the backing file in a directory writable only by the owning user, so a local peer cannot tamper with the elem_size the read path trusts.

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