Microsoft’s AI Bug Hunter Finds Rust Flaw that Went Undetected for Nearly 11 Years

Microsoft’s AI bug hunter finds Rust flaw that went undetected for nearly 11 years

Microsoft researchers have uncovered a memory-safety bug in Rust’s standard library that had gone undetected for nearly 11 years, alongside other flaws that can trigger undefined behavior even in applications written entirely in safe Rust. Two of the findings affect stable Rust, including a separate issue that could cause applications to access freed memory. The nearly 11-year-old bug involves Rust’s process::exit function. Microsoft’s FORGE Lab…

FORGE Lab uses agentic tools to identify memory safety issues in Rust

Microsoft FORGE Lab researchers found memory-safety bugs in Rust's core and std libraries, including cases where safe Rust code can trigger undefined… Read more →