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Conscat 17 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Claude Code uses Bun written in Rust now

Clang pointer authentication makes any type of vtable attack impossible in C++.

jstimpfle 17 days ago [–]

Fair enough, this is an extension though and I suppose you could use it with manually constructed vtables as well?

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