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| author | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2017-02-13 09:10:11 -0500 |
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| committer | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2017-02-27 16:25:10 -0500 |
| commit | b923c4dc9f011ab8f62e03211407d042dbe9f92a (patch) | |
| tree | 2badc258988ec649c0bca6e36e3e4f6cb98b156b /changes | |
| parent | 2670844b2b64172fb9b02d5e02f928ceb8f59bf7 (diff) | |
| download | tor-b923c4dc9f011ab8f62e03211407d042dbe9f92a.tar.gz tor-b923c4dc9f011ab8f62e03211407d042dbe9f92a.zip | |
Code to disable memory sentinels for fuzzing
This feature makes it possible to turn off memory sentinels (like
those used for safety in buffers.c and memarea.c) when fuzzing, so
that we can catch bugs that they would otherwise prevent.
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/changes/bug21439 b/changes/bug21439 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3acc53bfb7 --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/bug21439 @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ + o Minor features (testing): + - Add a "--disable-memory-sentinels" feature to help with fuzzing. + When Tor is compiled with this option, we disable a number of + redundant memory-safety failsafes that are intended to stop + bugs from becoming security issues. This makes it easier to hunt + for bugs that would be security issues without the failsafes + turned on. Closes ticket 21439. |