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memory region with high entropy random guard regions around it.
For low-memory systems, VARIANT=light can be used to compile the light
variant of hardened_malloc, which sacrifices some security for much less memory
- usage.
+ usage. This option still produces a more hardened memory allocator than both the
+ default musl and glibc allocators, despite the security sacrifices over the full
+ variant.
For all compile-time options, see the
configuration section
of hardened_malloc's extensive official documentation.