RUSTSEC-2020-0079: `socket2` invalidly assumes the memory layout of std::net::SocketAddr

What to do

1. See which version you have: cargo tree -i socket2 (it also shows which of your dependencies pulls it in).
2. Update within your version requirement: cargo update -p socket2. If the fix is a newer major or minor than your requirement allows, raise it in Cargo.toml (for example socket2 = "0.3.16") or update the dependency that pulls it in.
3. Check again with cargo audit, or paste your Cargo.lock into our Cargo.toml checker.

Details from the advisory

The socket2 crate has assumed std::net::SocketAddrV4 and std::net::SocketAddrV6 have the same memory layout as the system C representation sockaddr. It has simply casted the pointers to convert the socket addresses to the system representation. The standard library does not say anything about the memory layout, and this will cause invalid memory access if the standard library changes the implementation. No warnings or errors will be emitted once the change happens.

References

• Package: crates.io/crates/socket2
• Advisory: rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0079.html
• Report: github.com/rust-lang/socket2-rs/issues/119

From the RustSec Advisory Database (CC0-1.0) via the OSV export, downloaded Oct 24, 2026. Severity score computed from the published CVSS vector.