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Unsafe code example dereferences unaligned pointer #477

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SamZhang3 opened this issue May 14, 2023 · 0 comments
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Unsafe code example dereferences unaligned pointer #477

SamZhang3 opened this issue May 14, 2023 · 0 comments

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The unsafe code example converts a pointer to u8 to a pointer to f32, which has a stricter alignment requirement. This results in creating an unaligned pointer, which is UB to dereference.

Can be seen by running the program in Miri.
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