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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] g_mem-chunk_destroy does not free memory for GLib > 2.8

From: Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:49:22 -0400
Bill Meier wrote:
   I've found at least one case wherein se_alloc'd memory
   is referenced after it's been freed. (I think this case just happens
   to work because the memory wasn't yet reassigned).

I was contemplating adding an optional memory-scrubber to ensure that we're not doing that: just writing 0xdeadbeef to the ep_ and se_ alloc'd memory when we free it.

Maybe I should wait 'til this is fixed.