ConceptKernel Address Sanitizer
KASAN
A dynamic memory error detection tool for the Linux kernel that can immediately report an error when freed memory is accessed; it is commonly used in kernel security testing.
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Oct 30
The kernel community commonly uses KASAN to report an error immediately upon accessing freed memory, KCSAN to detect data races, syzkaller for large-scale fuzz testing of system-call combinations, and artificially inserted delays to widen race windows.
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