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arXiv:2311.05063 (cs)
[Submitted on 8 Nov 2023]

Title:Rust for Embedded Systems: Current State, Challenges and Open
Problems

Authors:Ayushi Sharma, Shashank Sharma, Santiago Torres-Arias,
Aravind Machiry
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    Abstract:Embedded software is used in safety-critical systems
    such as medical devices and autonomous vehicles, where software
    defects, including security vulnerabilities, have severe
    consequences. Most embedded codebases are developed in unsafe
    languages, specifically C/C++, and are riddled with memory safety
    vulnerabilities. To prevent such vulnerabilities, RUST, a
    performant memory-safe systems language, provides an optimal
    choice for developing embedded software. RUST interoperability
    enables developing RUST applications on top of existing C
    codebases. Despite this, even the most resourceful organizations
    continue to develop embedded software in C/C++. This paper
    performs the first systematic study to holistically understand
    the current state and challenges of using RUST for embedded
    systems. Our study is organized across three research questions.
    We collected a dataset of 2,836 RUST embedded software spanning
    various categories and 5 Static Application Security Testing (
    SAST) tools. We performed a systematic analysis of our dataset
    and surveys with 225 developers to investigate our research
    questions. We found that existing RUST software support is
    inadequate, SAST tools cannot handle certain features of RUST
    embedded software, resulting in failures, and the prevalence of
    advanced types in existing RUST software makes it challenging to
    engineer interoperable code. In addition, we found various
    challenges faced by developers in using RUST for embedded systems
    development.

Subjects: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR); Software Engineering
          (cs.SE)
Cite as:  arXiv:2311.05063 [cs.CR]
          (or arXiv:2311.05063v1 [cs.CR] for this version)
          https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2311.05063
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From: Ayushi Sharma [view email]
[v1] Wed, 8 Nov 2023 23:59:32 UTC (429 KB)
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