[GTALUG] A find alternative: fselect

[David Mason]

Good point. You can turn the checks on, but see this discussion about the default: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/47739

../Dave
On Jun 20, 2019, 12:26 AM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <talk at gtalug.org>, wrote:
> | From: D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
>
> | Rust does a few things that are relevant (I think -- I've not actually
> | used Rust):
>
> | - unfortunately, I think that Rust only catches integer overflow in
> | debug mode. That's a mistake, but it's probably because checking is
> | considered too expensive.
> | <http://huonw.github.io/blog/2016/04/myths-and-legends-about-integer-overflow-in-rust/>
>
> A very recent CVE against the Linux kernel exploits integer overflow
> CVE-2019-11477: SACK Panic (Linux >= 2.6.29)
> <https://github.com/Netflix/security-bulletins/blob/master/advisories/third-party/2019-001.md>
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