[TUHS] Buffer overflow found/fixed in v4 tape ;)

[Paul Winalski via TUHS]

On Mon, Jan 5, 2026 at 10:51 AM Warner Losh <imp at bsdimp.com> wrote:

> Yes. It's hard to believe today, but in the pre-morris-worm era, buffer
> overflows only
> mattered if they crashed the program and even then they were often ignored
> due to execution time and/or code bloat considerations.
>

The problem with that philosophy is that a buffer overflow doesn't
necessarily lead to a program crash.  A program crash is the lucky
outcome.  If you're unlucky you will silently get the wrong answer, or
other misbehavior.

-Paul W.