allocators
Memory Management
- Lobster language - https://aardappel.github.io/lobster/memory_management.html
Allocators
- Scudo
- Hoard Allocator
- jemalloc
- Dieharder
- Poseidon Allocator
- Allocator Aware Infrastructure
- Comparisons
Slab allocator
Misc
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### More Papers * The Shadow over Android
Exploiting the jemalloc Memory Allocator: Owning Firefox’s Heap
Attacking the Webkit Heap
Windows 8 Heap Internals
Windows 10 Segment Heap Internals
Heap Layout Optimization for Exploitation
FreeGuard: A Faster Secure Heap Allocator
* Academic “fast & secure” heap allocator by the University of Texas (2017) * https://github.com/UTSASRG/FreeGuard
DieHarder: securing the heap
* Academic “security-focused” allocator by the University of Massachusetts (2010) * https://github.com/emeryberger/diehard
OpenBSD’s ottomalloc
* Said operating system’s default usermode allocator, robust by design
Intel C++ Compiler C++14 incorrect sized delete compiled code
* Discovered via the sized delete mismatch optional check * Envoy double-free/use-after-free * Discovered internally in L7 ILB * https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/pull/4244 * https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/pull/6136 #+end_src