Dynamic memory allocation methods and systems

A dynamic memory allocator system for allocating memory to a process, wherein the system comprises a processor and a memory, the processor being configured to:

• create one or more arenas within the memory, each arena comprising one or more memory blocks and each arena having an n-byte aligned arena address;
• upon receiving a memory request from the process, returning a pointer to the process, the pointer having as its value an address of a memory block selected from one of the arenas;
• upon determining that the memory block is no longer needed by the process, retrieving the address of said memory block from the pointer and releasing the memory block;
• upon a new arena being created, shifting forward the n-byte aligned address of said new arena according to a stored variable such that each memory block of said new arena is also shifted by the stored variable, the stored variable having n bytes and the stored variable having a random value.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for allocating memory to a process, comprising instructions stored thereon, that when executed by one or more processors, perform the steps of:

• creating one or more arenas within the memory, each arena comprising one or more memory blocks and each arena having an n-byte aligned arena address;
• upon receiving a memory request from the process, returning a pointer to the process, the pointer having as its value an address of a memory block selected from one of the arenas;
• upon determining that the memory block is no longer needed by the process, retrieving the address of said memory block from the pointer and releasing the memory block;
• upon a new arena being created, shifting forward the n-byte aligned address of said new arena according to a stored variable such that each memory block of said new arena is also shifted by the stored variable, the stored variable having n bytes and the stored variable having a random value.