Out-of-bounds pointers
Michael Meissner
meissner at dg-rtp.dg.com
Sun Oct 15 02:45:00 AEST 1989
In article <240 at bbxsda.UUCP> scott at bbxsda.UUCP (Scott Amspoker) writes:
> Since free() is probably the only possible way for a *valid* pointer to
> suddenly become *invalid* there are some interesting possibilities.
Another possible way for a *valid* pointer to suddenly become
*invalid* is if the pointer points to automatic storage and you exit
the function creating the storage with either a return or a longjmp.
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