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1.1 maya 1: # Tips for using analyzers on NetBSD #
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3: ## Address Sanitizer (+UBsan) (preliminary) ##
4:
5: ASan reports memory violations, and detects many off-by-ones. It seems
6: to produce very high quality reports.
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8: It only needs to be compiled on the resulting binary[1]. It cannot compile
9: static objects so requires some fiddling with makefiles to disable those.
10:
11: I've been running it on netbsd tests in the following manner[2]:
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13: cd /usr/src/tests/lib/libc
14: env USETOOLS=never MK_SSP=no HAVE_SSP=no CFLAGS="-fno-omit-frame-pointer -O0 -g -ggdb -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -fsanitize=address -fsanitize=undefined" LDFLAGS="-lasan -lubsan" make -j20
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16: env ASAN_OPTIONS=alloc_dealloc_mismatch=0 LD_PRELOAD="/usr/lib/libasan.so /usr/lib/libubsan.so" atf-run
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1.2 ! maya 18: sysctl -w security.pax.aslr.enabled=0 # [3]
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1.1 maya 20: 1. Seems like this is a cause of worse reports, as in-library functions
21: are not intercepted.
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23: 2. Not even close to canonical commands, should probably be improved.
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1.2 ! maya 25: 3. To workaround "Shadow memory range interleaves with an existing memory mapping. ASan cannot proceed correctly". An alternative is to LD_PRELOAD and LD_LIBRARY_PATH an entirely separate libc, ld.elf_so, etc.
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! 27: 4. ASAN_OPTIONS=alloc_dealloc_mismatch=0 is because atf-run itself
1.1 maya 28: triggers a bug. Should have a look at it so this option doesn't
29: need to be disabled.
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31: Important note: ASan should not be run on production systems. [It can pose a
32: security risk](http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/17/9).
33:
34: ## Coverity ##
35:
36: Coverity is a static analyzer.
37:
38: You can see a part of its output in coverity-updates@, and a lot more
39: if you go to the website (sign up with your netbsd email or poke someone
40: for access).
41:
42: A lot of the reports are about strncpy/strcpy or in code that belongs
43: to GCC (in the case of userland), you can tackle this by limiting
44: results to a particular directory (click the folder icon). You can
45: also sort by issue.
46:
47: Some suggestions for things to focus on, as there are many defects
48: reported:
49: - Setuid programs
50: - Anything kernel
51: - Stuff that runs as root
52: - Library or other code you know well already
53: - Drivers for hardware you actually own and can test
54:
55: Future ideas:
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1.2 ! maya 57: - GCC could be told to add ASan flags for all shared objects, making it easier to build world with those flags
1.1 maya 58: - We could run all of NetBSD with ASan for some real world tests.
1.2 ! maya 59: - ASan for kernel? (subr_kmem.c has some flags which do some of the work, could it do more?)
1.1 maya 60: - Fuzzers are cool.
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