[tor-bugs] #10281 [Firefox Patch Issues]: Investigate usage of alternate memory allocators and memory hardening options

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#10281: Investigate usage of alternate memory allocators and memory hardening
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     Reporter:  mikeperry            |      Owner:
         Type:  enhancement          |     Status:  new
     Priority:  major                |  Milestone:
    Component:  Firefox Patch        |    Version:
  Issues                             |   Keywords:  gitian, tbb-security-
   Resolution:                       |  hardening
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Comment (by mikeperry):

 It turns out Chrome has a special hardened allocator called ParitiionAlloc
 for this purpose:
 https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=340947
 https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/blink/+/master/Source/wtf/PartitionAlloc.h
 https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/blink.git/+/master/Source/wtf/PartitionAlloc.cpp

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