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@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ sending a mail to <afl-users+subscribe@googlegroups.com>.
- afl-fuzz:
- new commandline options -g/G to set min/max length of generated
fuzz inputs
+ - reintroduced AFL_PERSISTENT and AFL_DEFER_FORKSRV to allow
+ persistent mode and manual forkserver support if these are not
+ in the target binary (e.g. are in a shared library)
- frida_mode:
- update to new frida release, handles now c++ throw/catch
diff --git a/docs/env_variables.md b/docs/env_variables.md
index f7ad4ff9..06c08f31 100644
--- a/docs/env_variables.md
+++ b/docs/env_variables.md
@@ -532,9 +532,13 @@ checks or alter some of the more exotic semantics of the tool:
- Setting `AFL_TRY_AFFINITY` tries to attempt binding to a specific CPU core
on Linux systems, but will not terminate if that fails.
- - Outdated environment variables that are not supported anymore:
- - `AFL_DEFER_FORKSRV`
- - `AFL_PERSISTENT`
+ - The following environment variables are only needed if you implemented
+ your own forkserver or persistent mode, or if __AFL_LOOP or __AFL_INIT
+ are in a shared library and not the main binary:
+ - `AFL_DEFER_FORKSRV` enforces a deferred forkserver even if none was
+ detected in the target binary
+ - `AFL_PERSISTENT` enforces persistent mode even if none was detected
+ in the target binary
## 5) Settings for afl-qemu-trace