[release/7.0] [mono][debugger] fix exception while decoding value that has a byref field #76086
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Backport of #75774 to release/7.0
/cc @thaystg
Customer Impact
While inspecting a NULL variable of type System.ReadOnlySpan on wasm the user wasn't able to see the variable value. On mobile the user would see a crash on runtime.
Testing
Manually tested on desktop and mobile, and unit test created for wasm.
Risk
Low risk, only changing the behavior for NULL values on wasm, and allocating an extra pointer when it's decoding a ref value.
IMPORTANT: Is this backport for a servicing release? If so and this change touches code that ships in a NuGet package, please make certain that you have added any necessary package authoring and gotten it explicitly reviewed.