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Re: Compiler Recommendations



 On Jan 3, 2008 6:17 PM, Jerry Feldman <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> unsigned int  size = &amp;barcheck - &amp;bar; 
> struct foo *cfoo = (struct cfoo *)malloc(size); 

Sounds like nice opportunity for exploit!  Maybe I should check open 
source projects for this :-)  Perhaps there are people doing something 
similar where malloc is not causing a crash (same segment 
allocations), and the code continues on without damaging important 
structures, but allows you to influence something important for code 
execution... 
-- 
Kristian Erik Hermansen 
"Know something about everything and everything about something." 

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