Rust advisories / loopdev
UnmaintainedRUSTSEC-2023-0088 · loopdev
RUSTSEC-2023-0088: `loopdev` crate is unmaintained; use 'loopdev-3` instead.
Short answerNot a bug report: loopdev is no longer maintained, so future security issues will not be fixed. Plan to move to a maintained alternative.
| Crate | loopdev |
|---|---|
| Type | Unmaintained |
| Affected versions | Every version. |
| Fixed in | not applicable (the crate is unmaintained) |
| Severity | not scored |
| Published | 2023-11-13 |
| Last changed | 2024-11-10 |
| Also known as | none |
What to do
- Look for a maintained fork or alternative crate.
- If you cannot move yet, acknowledge it in your audit config so CI stays green while you plan: add
"RUSTSEC-2023-0088"toignorein.cargo/audit.tomlordeny.toml, with a comment saying why. - Find who pulls it in:
cargo tree -i loopdev.
Details from the advisory
The loopdev crate was last released in Oct, 2021. It has been unable to build in Fedora 38 and above since April, 2023.
The loopdev-3 crate is a maintained fork:
https://github.com/stratis-storage/loopdev-3
References
- Package: crates.io/crates/loopdev
- Advisory: rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2023-0088.html
- Report: github.com/mdaffin/loopdev/issues/62
From the RustSec Advisory Database (CC0-1.0) via the OSV export, downloaded Oct 24, 2026. Severity score computed from the published CVSS vector.
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