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ewontfix.com

A blog about bugs

Linux / UnixCSecurity

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19 from 21 Sep 2012 to 15 Feb 2020
Posting
quiet since 2020
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personal blog
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2020 1

  1. The worst of time64 breakage

2015 2

  1. 32-bit x86 Position Independent Code - It's that bad
  2. Multi-threaded setxid on Linux

2014 3

  1. Open race-condition bugs in glibc
  2. Systemd has 6 service startup notification types, and they're all wrong
  3. Broken by design: systemd

2013 3

  1. Incorrect configure checks for availability of functions
  2. Breakincludes
  3. NULL considered harmful

2012 10

  1. Non-invasive printf debugging
  2. Stubborn and ignorant use of int where size_t is needed
  3. Unexpected observability of lock states
  4. vfork considered dangerous
  5. AS + DC = AC
  6. Asynchronous cancellation pitfalls
  7. Updates on close, EINTR, & cancellation
  8. To overcommit or not to overcommit
  9. Introducing EWONTFIX
  10. Thread cancellation and resource leaks