commit 5508ee29d56c948efc7a07747e37cc27538e17a8 Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> Date: Tue Nov 21 09:57:05 2017 -0500 changes file for big free macro-ization branch --- changes/bug24337 | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/changes/bug24337 b/changes/bug24337 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..82b430425 --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/bug24337 @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ + o Minor features (defensive programming): + - Most of the functions in Tor that free objects have been replaced + with macros that free the objects and set the corresponding pointers + to NULL. This change should help prevent a large class of dangling + pointer bugs. Closes ticket 24337. + + - Where possible, the tor_free() macro now only evaluates its input once. + Part of ticket 24337.