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A comment on size_t-to-int vulnerability in Linux’s filesystem layer. Parent comment

Re:size_t-to-int vulnerability in Linux’s filesystem layer by thayne on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @11:20PM (#27901988)
The fact that c doesn't have a native concept of an array with length and strings usually use a null byte to determine the end is, IMO c's biggest failing, and it's worst legacy on the wider software world.
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Re:size_t-to-int vulnerability in Linux’s filesystem layer by nextaccountic on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @12:47PM (#27908673)
This and having any pointer implicitly be nullable
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