sys/net/gnrc_pktbuf: detect use after free if canary is in metadata #21000
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Contribution description
When debugging #20983 this was quite useful to find the issue where a pointer to a pktsnip that was already freed was being held.
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!CONFIG_GNRC_PKTBUF_CHECK_USE_AFTER_FREEthis is already caught by theassert(pkt->users > 0), so if we turn on more extensive leak detection, don't degrade this case.Testing procedure
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