On Mon, May 16 2022 at 07:23:20 AM -0700, John Reiser
<jreiser(a)bitwagon.com> wrote:
Zero is the worst possible auto-int value. It will hide the most
bugs.
That's true, but using zero also converts code execution
vulnerabilities into denial of service vulnerabilities. Dereference a
NULL pointer and you get a non-exploitable crash. Dereference
0x81818181 and you have a much more serious problem at predictable
location.
The goal of this change is to mitigate security bugs, and using a
nonzero value does not accomplish that goal.
Michael