The TCP/IP functionality of a connected device uses dynamic RAM allocation because of the unpredictable nature of network behavior. For example, if a device serves a web dashboard, we cannot control ...

The SapMachine malloc trace is a tool for either finding memory leaks in native memory or getting an overview of the native memory usage (how much is allocated by whom). It tracks all memory ...

LWMalloc is an ultra-lightweight dynamic memory allocator designed for embedded systems that is said to outperform ptmalloc used in Glibc, achieving up to 53% faster execution time and 23% lower ...

若开辟40个字节可以说开辟十个4个字节，返回开辟好那片空间的起始地址。他在返回之前会把这片空间初始化一下。初始化全0 ...

Abstract: Memory leaks are of serious concern in software programs written in languages that do not have a dedicated garbage collector. Memory leaks are the result of prolonged unnecessary usage of ...

Dynamic memory allocation is one of the important and core concepts in “C” and also, one of the nipping topics for the point of interviews. Malloc, Calloc, Free, and Realloc comes under the “STDLIB.H” ...

Microsoft today disclosed more than 25 critical memory allocation vulnerabilities in Internet of Things (IoT) and operational technology (OT) devices that could enable an attacker to bypass security ...

Microsoft’s Section 52, the Azure Defender for IoT security research group, recently uncovered a series of critical memory allocation vulnerabilities in IoT and OT devices that adversaries could ...

A topic that I find particularly interesting, which is raised by many embedded software developers whom I meet, is dynamic memory allocation – grabbing chunks of memory as and when you need them. This ...