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Linux 2.6.30 exploit posted

Linux 2.6.30 exploit posted

Posted Apr 13, 2011 17:23 UTC (Wed) by Blaisorblade (guest, #25465)
In reply to: Linux 2.6.30 exploit posted by nix
Parent article: Linux 2.6.30 exploit posted

I agree that the flag is enough.
Anyway, IIRC, by the C standard (6.5.8.5), comparing pointers to different objects gives rise to undefined behavior, while in C++ it gives an unspecified result [1]. Therefore, while it would be valid for GCC (in C) to produce a crashing program, it would be probably of little use.

[1] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4909766/is-it-unspecif...


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