Yeah, what's even weirder is when it's so integral to the kernel that it can lead to crashes. I've seen more than one case now where someone just fuzzing around

Yeah, what's even weirder is when it's so integral to the kernel that it can lead to crashes. I've seen more than one case now where someone just fuzzing around on text engines ends up taking down an entire system, at least a couple on mac osx and ios alone. Dangerous stuff. [1] [2] Linux might not be the most performant in the text engine game but at least it runs in userland. [1] https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/08/rendering-bug-crashes-os-x-and-ios-apps-with-string-of-arabic-characters/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/08/rendering-bug-crashe... [2] https://www.engadget.com/unusual-buggy-character-string-apple-devices-crash-120521234.html https://www.engadget.com/unusual-buggy-character-string-appl...