Stream: git-wasmtime

Topic: wasmtime / issue #14810 `map<K, V>` allocates memory befo...


view this post on Zulip Wasmtime GitHub notifications bot (Oct 19 2026 at 15:42):

alexcrichton opened issue #14810:

Currently lifting a map from a guest allocates memory based on the guest-supplied size, and then the size is validated to fit within fuel limits.

This means that the guest can control how much memory the host allocates, which is generally considered a DoS vector.

view this post on Zulip Wasmtime GitHub notifications bot (Oct 19 2026 at 15:42):

alexcrichton added the wasm-proposal:component-model-map label to Issue #14810.

view this post on Zulip Wasmtime GitHub notifications bot (Oct 20 2026 at 20:24):

alexcrichton closed issue #14810:

Currently lifting a map from a guest allocates memory based on the guest-supplied size, and then the size is validated to fit within fuel limits.

This means that the guest can control how much memory the host allocates, which is generally considered a DoS vector.


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