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Re:Regex: badly needs fuzzing by pcwalton on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @04:38PM (#13602386)
> No, but not everything needs to be memory safe. That's what the kernel is there for.

The kernel doesn't automatically defend against RCE.

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Re:Regex: badly needs fuzzing by randyrand on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @09:47PM (#13604228)
I should have specified more clearly

by:

> That's what the kernel is there for.

I meant, you should still be able to easily restart your program and continue using it. It wont crash your computer.

RCE is only a problem for computers that are connected to the internet and/or take user provided input.

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