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```toml
[advisory]
id = "RUSTSEC-0000-0000"
package = "lru"
date = "2026-05-12"
categories = ["code-execution", "memory-corruption"]
keywords = ["panic-safety", "memory-safety", "use-after-free", "double-free"]
informational = "unsound"

[versions]
patched = []
unaffected = []
```

# Potential use-after-free due to lack of panic safety in `LruCache::pop()`

`LruCache::pop()` in `lru` was not panic-safe. If the `Drop` implementation of a stored key panics during `pop()`, `self.detach()` is never called, leaving dangling pointers in the internal doubly-linked list.

A subsequent cache operation that triggers eviction can then dereference these dangling pointers:
- The node is freed from the map, but remains linked in the LRU list due to the skipped `detach()` call
- When a new insertion causes eviction, the LRU traversal encounters the dangling pointer
- This results in a write to already-freed memory during the eviction process

## Impact

- **CWE-416 (Use-After-Free):** memory corruption when subsequent cache operations access freed node pointers in the linked list
- **CWE-415 (Double Free):** potential heap corruption when the same memory is freed multiple times

Both types of undefined behavior can be invoked in safe Rust, but only if unwinding panics are enabled and `std::panic::catch_unwind` is used with key types that have potentially-panicking `Drop` implementations.