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Right, mmap() lets you get a big buffer without actually using that much physical memory. Good catch! I still think it's unlikely for an app to be vulnerable t
by csande17 4y ago
Right, mmap() lets you get a big buffer without actually using that much physical memory. Good catch!
I still think it's unlikely for an app to be vulnerable to this but having less than 4 GB of RAM isn't an absolute defense. Having a 32-bit address space probably is, though, if you're running on old or embedded hardware.