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... except for software written in Rust, obviously.
by dshpala 3y ago
... except for software written in Rust, obviously.
- o1y32 3y ago... as if memory management issue is the only source of software vulnerability.
- frankjr 3y agoTrue but a reduction of 70% is nothing to sneeze at https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-70-percent-of-all-security-bugs-are-memory-safety-issues/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-70-percent-of-all-se...
- GoblinSlayer 3y agoOnly a small fraction of those 70% is memory management errors.
- frankjr 3y agoWhat do you mean? That 70% represents memory management errors.
- GoblinSlayer 3y ago70% are memory safety errors, a fraction of which are memory management errors.
- frankjr 3y agoIncorrect memory management leads to memory safety issues. That's what those words mean. You manage the memory, you get it wrong, you have a potentially exploitable memory safety issue. It sounds like you're just playing with words.
- GoblinSlayer 3y agoFixing memory management errors fixes some memory safety issues, I agree with that, I only disagreed with your quantitative claim that you can fix all memory safety issues this way.