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Makes the crate build without std, as reported against the original repo in saarw#2, and releases it as 0.1.3.

The bug

With default-features = false, the crate failed to compile with 13 errors:

  • the SQLi tokenizer called std::str::from_utf8 in 5 places;
  • sqli/mod.rs and sqli/blacklist.rs used Vec, String, format! and ToString without importing them from alloc, which lib.rs only declared in no_std builds.

Change

  • core::str::from_utf8 in the tokenizer.
  • extern crate alloc is unconditional, and the two modules import what they use from it. The Vec import is gated on not(smallvec), the only configuration that uses it.
  • New CI job Build without std: builds for thumbv7em-none-eabihf, which has no std at all, so a std use in the crate or a dependency fails it. It runs with and without smallvec.
  • Docs: ARCHITECTURE.md lists the real features (there is no no_std feature; alloc is required), the README mentions no_std support and gives the current corpus size (163,275, from 162,963 before the 4.0.1 move).
  • Release 0.1.3: version bump and CHANGELOG. Pushing the v0.1.3 tag after merge publishes it.

No detection logic changes: the edits are import paths only.

Testing

  • cargo check -p barbacane-libinjection passes in all four combinations of std and smallvec, with no warnings; on main, the two without std fail.
  • cargo test -p barbacane-libinjection: pass.
  • cargo clippy -p barbacane-libinjection --all-targets: 508 warnings, the same as main.
  • cargo publish --dry-run: packages and verifies 0.1.3.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Features
    • The crate now supports builds without the standard library, requiring core and alloc.
  • Documentation
    • Updated feature descriptions and reported detector corpus results.
  • Chores
    • Bumped the package version to 0.1.3.
    • Added CI coverage for embedded-target builds, with and without smallvec.

The SQLi tokenizer called std::str::from_utf8, and Vec, String and
format! were used without importing them from alloc, so building with
default-features = false failed with 13 errors. Use core::str and import
from alloc, which is now declared unconditionally.

A CI job builds the crate for thumbv7em-none-eabihf without std, with and
without smallvec. The feature docs say alloc is required, and the README
gives the current corpus size (163,275).

Reported in saarw#2.
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The crate source now uses core and alloc APIs for no_std builds. CI checks bare-metal builds with default features disabled, both without optional features and with smallvec. The release version and documentation are updated.

Changes: no_std support

Layer / File(s) Summary
Portable source
libinjectionrs/src/lib.rs, libinjectionrs/src/sqli/*
The crate imports allocation types and formatting. SQLi tokenizer UTF-8 conversions now use core::str::from_utf8; existing invalid-input fallbacks remain unchanged.
Build checks and release details
.github/workflows/ci.yml, CHANGELOG.md, Cargo.toml, README.md, docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
CI adds two bare-metal build checks. The package version changes to 0.1.3, and the changelog and documentation describe no_std support and related release details.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: saarw

Merge Risk: Low · previous review b8f9e

The no_std changes have no established functional blocker. Disable credential persistence in the new build job as a bounded security follow-up; the token's permissions determine the potential impact.

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Minor · Disable credential persistence in the new no-std checkout. · ci.yml:36

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Disable credential persistence in the new no-std checkout.

The new no-std job uses the default persist-credentials: true. cargo build runs libinjectionrs/build.rs, so PR-controlled build code can read the persisted token. The test, coverage, differential, and fuzz jobs have the same checkout pattern. Add persist-credentials: false to this checkout. Apply the same change to the other checkouts that do not push.

🔒 Suggested fix
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
         with:
           targets: thumbv7em-none-eabihf
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Review comment at @.github/workflows/ci.yml at line 36:
Set persist-credentials to false on the checkout steps in the no-std, test,
coverage, differential, and fuzz jobs, and other jobs that do not push; preserve
credential persistence only where a job requires it to push.

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- Line 36: Set persist-credentials to false on the checkout steps in the no-std,
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