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by pjmlp 27 days ago
Which gets even better by still using C.

Large majority of CVEs in the update are related to memory corruption, out of bounds and use after free.

Naturally the logic and wrong permissions ones would happen regardless of the language.
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sitkack 27 days ago
A strong enough type system can catch permission problems.
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pjmlp 27 days ago
The solution there would be a capabilities based OS, however adoption hasn't been great on that regard.
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sitkack 24 days ago
I'd love to see CHERI (for the room) and Wasm take off, no time like the present.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capability_Hardware_Enhanced_R...

https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/security/ctsrd/cheri/

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