Re:Writing a Linux-compatible kernel in Rust
by nivenkos on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @06:47AM
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> now that unsafe memory management has been unambiguously shown to be the major factor in vulnerabilities, how safe memory management is still not recognized as the highest priority
It is a shame it isn't taken more seriously, especially when you consider the recent Pegasus discoveries - https://digitalviolence.org/
A memory management error can literally be a matter of life and death for some.
Re:Writing a Linux-compatible kernel in Rust
by bregma on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @08:10AM
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The Therac-25 tragedy was not a memory-management issue. If its had been written in Rust the state machine error would still have cooked a lot of people.
It is a shame it isn't taken more seriously, especially when you consider the recent Pegasus discoveries - https://digitalviolence.org/
A memory management error can literally be a matter of life and death for some.