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I would bet $1 that 99% of memory leaks are from legacy C, or C++ where the code monkey forgot to use memory safe features.
by netr0ute 4y ago
I would bet $1 that 99% of memory leaks are from legacy C, or C++ where the code monkey forgot to use memory safe features.
- dagmx 4y agoMemory leaks aren’t safety issues
- tonto 4y agodenial of service can exploit some memory leaks i imagine
- Hemospectrum 4y agoMemory leaks are bad, but they can't break type safety. Buffer overflows and use-after-free are categorically more dangerous.
- dagmx 4y agoIn that scenario a memory leak isn’t any more unsafe than any other program data that’s in memory.
- insanitybit 4y agoIgnoring that memory leaks are not the issue, no, indeed new bugs are introduced to kernel code constantly.