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diff --git a/Documentation/contributing/project_ideas.md b/Documentation/contributing/project_ideas.md index 0a39a88c64..1c23cc6bc7 100644 --- a/Documentation/contributing/project_ideas.md +++ b/Documentation/contributing/project_ideas.md @@ -72,3 +72,22 @@ code doesn't entirely break these architectures hardware is available. ### Mentors + +## Add Kernel Address Sanitizer functionality to coreboot +The Kernel Address Sanitizer (KASAN) is a runtime dynamic memory error detector. +The idea is to check every memory access (variables) for its validity +during runtime and find bugs like stack overflow or out-of-bounds accesses. +Implementing this stub into coreboot like "Undefined behavior sanitizer support" +would help to ensure code quality and make the runtime code more robust. + +### Requirements +* knowledge in the coreboot build system and the concept of stages +* the KASAN feature can be improved in a way so that the memory space needed + during runtime is not on a fixed address provided during compile time but + determined during runtime. For this to achieve a small patch to the GCC will + be helpful. Therefore minor GCC knowledge would be beneficial. +* Implementation can be initially done in QEMU and improved on different + mainboards and platforms + +### Mentors +* Werner Zeh <werner.zeh@gmx.net> |