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#Memory Safety

3 articles on Memory Safety — news, releases, guides and analysis from the SourceFeed engine.

Linux 7.2 Kills strncpy: The Six-Year War on a Broken API

After 362 patches, the Linux kernel has completely excised strncpy, cementing strscpy as the modern standard for safe string copying.

A simple validation omission in OpenBSD's PPP stack shows how easily decoupled memory bounds can compromise system security.

Comparing vulnerability counts ignores how the two language ecosystems define the boundary between library bugs and caller misuse.

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