If your production Linux system is logging memory allocation failures, it might still be able to keep running. But developers want to keep an eye on which code can survive a shortage of memory. In ...

Researchers from the Graz University of Technology have discovered a way to convert a limited heap vulnerability in the Linux kernel into a malicious memory writes capability to demonstrate novel ...

I'm having a bizarre problem that I can't seem to track down. I have a relatively large C++ application that utilizes STL map/vectors/etc with >1000000 small objects (mostly structs) of varying sizes.

However, ptmalloc—its default memory allocator—is often unable to satisfy the needs of all applications. While experts have proposed alternatives such as jemalloc, tcmalloc, and mimalloc for improved ...

Apple's work on hardening the memory allocator has made it harder for attackers to exploit certain classes of software vulnerabilities on iOS and Mac devices, the company's security engineers wrote on ...