Automatic bug repair(newsoffice.mit.edu)

36 pointsby namanyaygvor 11 Jahren7 comments

newsoffice.mit.edu

http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2015/automatic-code-bug-repair-0629

5 comments

jomtungvor 11 Jahren

It's like they took the idea of CRISPR from biology and applied it to the problem of replacing code in software instead of DNA. Brilliant method.

vmorgulisvor 11 Jahren

I found this paper mentioning CodePhage: http://people.csail.mit.edu/rinard/paper/pldi15.pdf

Very interesting.

linkergamesvor 11 Jahren

Reminds me of this: http://gkoberger.github.io/stacksort/

personjerryvor 11 Jahren

This is super cool. How do we use it? Give us an API! :)

Kaliumvor 11 Jahren

This seems like it could be used to automatically insert vulnerabilities, too.

namanyaygvor 11 Jahren

Genuine question, how? By compromising the code of the trusted code repositories the algorithm uses?

Kaliumvor 11 Jahren

Basically, this is a general system for replacing undesirable traits with desirable ones in binaries. All you have to do is change the local selection criteria for desirable and undesirable.