google/sanitizers

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The Google sanitizers repository hosts documentation and helper code for AddressSanitizer, ThreadSanitizer, MemorySanitizer, LeakSanitizer, and related dynamic analysis tools for C/C++ code. The repository is archived; the sanitizer runtimes now live in the LLVM project.

Use cases

• detect memory errors like buffer overflows and use-after-free in C/C++ programs
• find data races and deadlocks in multithreaded code
• catch uses of uninitialized memory
• detect memory leaks in native applications
• instrument the Linux kernel with KASAN/KMSAN/KCSAN
• run undefined behavior checks with UBSan

When to choose

• you need historical documentation or helper code for the sanitizers
• you want to understand how AddressSanitizer or ThreadSanitizer work

When to avoid

• you need the actual sanitizer runtimes - use LLVM or GCC directly
• you want to file bugs or get new features - the repo is archived and unmaintained
• you need hardware-assisted sanitizers like HWASAN - go to the LLVM project

Facets

library · maturity abandoned

testing security developer-tools developer-tools testing security windows cpp c addresssanitizer threadsanitizer memorysanitizer leaksanitizer ubsan memory-safety dynamic-analysis archived llvm linux macos

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