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Not widely known problem in programming? (Developers)

posted by marcov, 28.03.2021, 17:44

> > I'd call this a type of "use after free".
>
> Yep, me too. The program is effectively using memory after it is
> considered "freed" back to the system.
>
> Apparently AddressSanitizer can
> sometimes
> detect such "stack use after return" bugs. But I am not sure if
> AddressSanitizer works (or can be made to work) with Free Pascal, or even
> with 32-bit DPMI.

No. The page it states its patches for LLVM and gcc, not an independent tool like valgrind.

Complete thread:

• Not widely known problem in programming? - Laaca, 27.03.2021, 20:06
  • Not widely known problem in programming? - ecm, 27.03.2021, 20:30
    • Not widely known problem in programming? - tkchia, 28.03.2021, 08:02
      • Not widely known problem in programming? - marcov, 28.03.2021, 17:44
      • Not widely known problem in programming? - bretjohn, 29.03.2021, 20:03
        • Not widely known problem in programming? - Laaca, 29.03.2021, 22:24
          • Not widely known problem in programming? - bretjohn, 29.03.2021, 23:02
            • Not widely known problem in programming? - marcov, 30.03.2021, 12:05
        • Not widely known problem in programming? - ecm, 29.03.2021, 22:26
  • Not widely known problem in programming? - ecm, 28.03.2021, 21:52
    • Not widely known problem in programming? - Laaca, 29.03.2021, 05:04