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 ...

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 ...

A new technical paper titled “Preventing Rowhammer Exploits via Low-Cost Domain-Aware Memory Allocation” was published by researchers at Georgia Tech. “Rowhammer is a hardware security vulnerability ...

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 ...

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 ...

The lightweight allocator demonstrates 53% faster execution times and requires 23% lower memory usage, while needing only 530 lines of code. Embedded systems such as Internet of Things (IoT) devices ...