[o1y32]

... as if memory management issue is the only source of software vulnerability.

[frankjr]

True but a reduction of 70% is nothing to sneeze at https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-70-percent-of-all-se...

[GoblinSlayer]

Only a small fraction of those 70% is memory management errors.

[frankjr]

What do you mean? That 70% represents memory management errors.

[GoblinSlayer]

70% are memory safety errors, a fraction of which are memory management errors.

[frankjr]

Incorrect 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]

Fixing 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.