linux-kernel - Re: Looking for an open-source thesis idea

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Message-ID: <CACXcFmkzvvXc+Zi5MBe4_oOtiukczQG+RJjDjcwtAvBbkxGTRA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 27 May 2020 20:08:03 +0800
From:   Sandy Harris <sandyinchina@...il.com>
To:     Eric Curtin <ericcurtin17@...il.com>
Cc:     Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Looking for an open-source thesis idea

Eric Curtin <ericcurtin17@...il.com> wrote:

> Hope I'm not bothering you. I'm looking for a masters thesis idea, ...

Here's a report claiming 70% of security bugs involve memory errors.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/chrome-70-of-all-security-bugs-are-memory-safety-issues/
Build a tool to find or fix those?

Another report I saw on Slashdot recently said lots of web vulnerabilities
were due to problems in widely used open source libraries.