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saagarjha
on June 10, 2019
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Malloc Never Fails (2012)
malloc takes a size_t, which is unsigned. A "negative" argument is just something that's absurdly large.
NullPrefix
on June 10, 2019
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On 64 bit systems it would result in a call to malloc asking for between 9.2 and 18.4 Exabytes.
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