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Was it? I thought that only exacerbated the issue. malloc is free to return previously used memory, is it not? Various systems might provide some last-chance ef
by MichaelGG 12y ago
Was it? I thought that only exacerbated the issue. malloc is free to return previously used memory, is it not? Various systems might provide some last-chance efforts against this kinda thing, but the bug would still exist and be exploitable in some configurations, right?
- moomin 12y agoFree by the standard, yes. In the average stdlib, not any more. In particular, Linux web servers would be safe, which would have rendered Heartbleed more of a "edge case platforms" kind of bug.