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diff --git a/docs/env_variables.md b/docs/env_variables.md index 4626a9b6..edd57fb6 100644 --- a/docs/env_variables.md +++ b/docs/env_variables.md @@ -518,7 +518,12 @@ checks or alter some of the more exotic semantics of the tool: the target binary. Example: `AFL_TARGET_ENV="VAR1=1 VAR2='a b c'" afl-fuzz ... `. This exists mostly for things like `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` but it would theoretically allow fuzzing of AFL++ itself (with 'target' AFL++ using some - AFL_ vars that would disrupt work of 'fuzzer' AFL++). + AFL_ vars that would disrupt work of 'fuzzer' AFL++). Note that when using + QEMU mode, the `AFL_TARGET_ENV` environment variables will apply to QEMU, as + well as the target binary. Therefore, in this case, you might want to use + QEMU's `QEMU_SET_ENV` environment variable (see QEMU's documentation because + the format is different from `AFL_TARGET_ENV`) to apply the environment + variables to the target and not QEMU. - `AFL_TESTCACHE_SIZE` allows you to override the size of `#define TESTCASE_CACHE` in config.h. Recommended values are 50-250MB - or more if |