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

[Peter Weinberger (温博格) via TUHS]

We know a lot more now than we knew 50 years ago. That is a good thing.

On Mon, Jan 5, 2026 at 12:08 PM Paul Winalski via TUHS <tuhs at tuhs.org> wrote:
>
> 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.