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Re:Warning: Implicit Backdoor by SAI_Peregrinus on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @07:20PM (#20882352)
Signed overflow is undefined behavior in C.
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Re:Warning: Implicit Backdoor by saagarjha on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @08:04PM (#20882640)
It is, but in this case the compiler will assume it never occurs and generate assembly that will function as the parent describes. Which, from a security perspective, is what matters in this case.
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