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Update safety documentation for `CString::from_ptr` and `str::from_boxed_utf8_unchecked`
## PR Description
This PR addresses missing safety documentation for two APIs:
**1. alloc::ffi::CStr::from_raw**
- `Alias`: The pointer must not be aliased (accessed via other pointers) during the reconstructed CString's lifetime.
- `Owning`: Calling this function twice on the same pointer and creating two objects with overlapping lifetimes, introduces two alive owners of the same memory. This may result in a double-free.
- `Dangling`: The prior documentation required the pointer to originate from CString::into_raw, but this constraint is incomplete. A validly sourced pointer can also cause undefined behavior (UB) if it becomes dangling. A simple Poc for this situation:
```
use std::ffi::CString;
use std::os::raw::c_char;
fn create_dangling() -> *mut c_char {
let local_ptr: *mut c_char = {
let valid_data = CString::new("valid").unwrap();
valid_data.into_raw()
};
unsafe {
let _x = CString::from_raw(local_ptr);
}
local_ptr
}
fn main() {
let dangling = create_dangling();
unsafe {let _y = CString::from_raw(dangling);} // Cause UB!
}
```
**2. alloc::str::from_boxed_utf8_unchecked**
- `ValidStr`: Bytes must contain a valid UTF-8 sequence.