Re:Local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Linux
by hoppp on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @07:21PM
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There are always more left.
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Re:Local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Linux
by ChickeNES on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @07:41PM
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And memory safety doesn't prevent logic errors (or using 4 as a private key for that matter)
Re:Local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Linux
by pixl97 on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @11:17PM
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This said memory unsafe code just likely has more bugs because of all the footguns it has on top of all the other security work you need to do with it.
Re:Local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Linux
by tancop on Thursday November 05, 2026 @01:23AM
(#50375852)
No, but type safety does. You can't forget to lock an object before using it when that lock is part of the type. Or pass a raw user controlled path to a function that expects a validated one. If you want to do it on purpose you need to write unsafe code that's clearly visible to anyone reviewing your patch.