[–] 3 points 2 days ago (5 children)

So could have Java, Go, C# or any language with GC. With garbage collection, the options object stays alive as long as any CPU holds a pointer to it, so use-after-free can't happen.

Besides, this exploit is so hard to pull off the only realistic outcome is a kernel panic, and that hasn't even been publicly demoed.

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