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Re:Smart pointers for the kernel by Measter on Friday October 18, 2024 @07:45AM (#41878464)
You might be thinking of CVE-RS[0] which is exploiting bugs in the compiler.

[0] https://github.com/Speykious/cve-rs

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Re:Smart pointers for the kernel by _flux on Friday October 18, 2024 @07:47AM (#41878482)
You are quite likely correct. My search term included "unsound", and it missed this one.

But this time I've starred and cloned it!

I didn't quite see if this actually exploits multiple bugs or leverages just one, though.

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Re:Smart pointers for the kernel by steveklabnik on Friday October 18, 2024 @09:40AM (#41879381)
Just one. It’s a compiler bug and not a soundness hole.
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