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imagine if the crowsstrike bug was malicious... (sopuli.xyz)
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[โ€“] technom@programming.dev 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don't think that rust would have prevented this one, since this isn't a compile time error (for the code loader).The address dereferencing would have been inside an unsafe block. What was missing was a validity check of the CI build artifacts and payload check on the client side.

I do however, think that the 'fingers-crossed' approach to memory safety in C and C++ must stop. Rust is a great fit for this use case.

[โ€“] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Well, modern c++ with smartpointers is quite good IMO.

C on the ither hand is like swimming with sharks, with a nosebleed.