"It works by enabling attackers to misuse the alloca() function in a way that would result in memory corruption. " I thought alloca() had been banned? Well, t

"It works by enabling attackers to misuse the alloca() function in a way that would result in memory corruption. " I thought alloca() had been banned? Well, the man page says "[..] Otherwise, its use is discouraged." (also, I suppose, due to its "interesting" consequences when used in functions which themselves are being in-lined)