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diff --git a/docs/FAQ.md b/docs/FAQ.md index 714d50eb..ab0abe6c 100644 --- a/docs/FAQ.md +++ b/docs/FAQ.md @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ ## Contents * [What is the difference between afl and afl++?](#what-is-the-difference-between-afl-and-afl) + * [I got a weird compile error from clang](#i-got-a-weird-compile-error-from-clang) * [How to improve the fuzzing speed?](#how-to-improve-the-fuzzing-speed) * [How do I fuzz a network service?](#how-do-i-fuzz-a-network-service) * [How do I fuzz a GUI program?](#how-do-i-fuzz-a-gui-program) @@ -35,6 +36,26 @@ flexible and feature rich guided fuzzer available as open source. And in independent fuzzing benchmarks it is one of the best fuzzers available, e.g. [Fuzzbench Report](https://www.fuzzbench.com/reports/2020-08-03/index.html) +## I got a weird compile error from clang + +If you see this kind of error when trying to instrument a target with afl-cc/ +afl-clang-fast/afl-clang-lto: +``` +/prg/tmp/llvm-project/build/bin/clang-13: symbol lookup error: /usr/local/bin/../lib/afl//cmplog-instructions-pass.so: undefined symbol: _ZNK4llvm8TypeSizecvmEv +clang-13: error: unable to execute command: No such file or directory +clang-13: error: clang frontend command failed due to signal (use -v to see invocation) +clang version 13.0.0 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project 1d7cf550721c51030144f3cd295c5789d51c4aad) +Target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu +Thread model: posix +InstalledDir: /prg/tmp/llvm-project/build/bin +clang-13: note: diagnostic msg: +******************** +``` +Then this means that your OS updated the clang installation from an upgrade +package and because of that the afl++ llvm plugins do not match anymore. + +Solution: `git pull ; make clean install` of afl++ + ## How to improve the fuzzing speed? 1. Use [llvm_mode](docs/llvm_mode/README.md): afl-clang-lto (llvm >= 11) or afl-clang-fast (llvm >= 9 recommended) |