[chlorion]

So out of bounds access leading to data loss and possible security vulnerability is better than crashing the kernel? That doesn't make sense to me.

[NBJack]

One of those things might take your server/application/data out. The other is guaranteed.

[fwip]

For many use cases, blowing up loudly is strongly preferable to silently doing the wrong thing. Especially in the presence of hostile actors, who are trying to use your out -of-bounds error for their own gain.

[int_19h]

One of those things might allow attacker to get access to data they should not have access to or to run arbitrary code on your server. The other does not.