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Re: CVE-2023-31975: memory leak in yasm


From: Dave Horsfall <dave () horsfall org>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 01:44:04 +1000 (EST)

On Wed, 21 Jun 2023, Jeffrey Walton wrote:

Memory leaks on exit are par for the course in GNU software per
https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#Memory-Usage .

Don't bother with this, don't bother with that, etc...  Call me old-school 
(which I am), but I cannot abide sloppy programming[*].

At the risk of starting a culture war, that is one of the reasons why I 
avoid GNU libraries whenever possible.

[*]
And don't even mention "AI-generated code".

-- Dave


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