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memory leak when creating AsyncSniffer repeatedly #4698

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Memory is not freed when creating AsyncSniffer repeatedly.

Test code

from scapy.all import *
import time


def process_packet(packet):
    pass

def start_sniff():
    ifaces = ["PortChannel102", "PortChannel103", "PortChannel104", "PortChannel105", "PortChannel106", "PortChannel107", "PortChannel108", "PortChannel109"]
    sniffstring = "udp and (dst host " + str("10.1.0.32") + " or dst host " + "fc00:1::32" +  ") and dst port " + str(65330)
    sniffer = AsyncSniffer(iface=ifaces, filter=sniffstring, prn=process_packet, store=False)
    sniffer.start()
    RETRY = 30
    while RETRY >= 0 and not hasattr(sniffer, 'stop_cb'):
        time.sleep(0.1)
        RETRY -= 1
    print("Sniff started")
    try:
        sniffer.stop()
    except:
        pass
    else:
        print("Sniff stopped")

def main():
    while True:
        start_sniff()
        time.sleep(1)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

Scapy version

2.4.5

Python version

3.9.2

Operating system

Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)

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How to reproduce

Run the script and monitor the memory usage

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