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912cfd18d9  [Win] `OSAllocator::tryProtect` fails when memory spans multiple reserved regions

severity medium class Other confidence 0.50 WTF OSAllocator (Windows)
Sosuke Suzuki Tue May 19 18:15:57 2026 -0700 full: 912cfd18d9b4aea6adf13d939cac6658c2fd9b9d bug report ↗ view on GitHub ↗
Primitive: memory protection not applied
Triage note: Previously VirtualAlloc protection could silently fail spanning regions, leaving guard/W^X protections unapplied on Windows.

Security-relevant, below the exploitable-grade bar for a full root-cause writeup. The triage verdict is above; the side-by-side patch is below.

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