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System memory allocator free operation zeroes out deallocated blocks in iOS 16
The system memory allocator free operation zeroes out all deallocated blocks in iOS 16.1 beta or later. Invalid accesses to free memory might result in new crashes or corruption, including NULL -pointer dereferences and non-zero memory being returned from calloc .
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Systems & PerformanceSoftware Engineering2022
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2022 | System memory allocator free operation zeroes out deallocated blocks in iOS 16 by ingve | 163 | 173 |
