9 Jul
2021
9 Jul
'21
7:08 a.m.
Maamoun TK maamoun.tk@googlemail.com writes:
My concern is if the program terminates then the operation system will deallocate the program's stack without clearing its content so that leftover data will remain somewhere at the RAM which could be a subject for a memory allocation or dumbing by other programs.
I think the kernel is responsible for clearing that memory before handing it out to a new process. If it didn't, that would be a huge security problem. I'm fairly sure operating systems do this correctly. (And I would be a bit curious to know of any exceptions, maybe some embedded or ancient systems don't do it?)
Regards, /Niels
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