Everything about Code sanitizer
Tool to detect memory-related bugs
A code sanitizer is a programming tool that detects bugs in the form of undefined or suspicious behavior by a compiler inserting instrumentation code at runtime. Sanitizers have evolved over several decades to detect memory errors in unsafe programming languages, beginning with early pointer and array access checks in 1994 and type-safe retrofitting in 2005, followed by a significant expansion into sophisticated spatial and temporal memory safety tools between 2009 and 2019. As of 2024, the most popular sanitizer is ASan, originally designed by Google. It is integrated into most mainstream compilers due to its relatively small memory and performance overhead. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Code sanitizerA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Bye-laws and regulations with reference to house drainage, adopted by the Uppingham Sanitary Authority and allowed by the Local Government Board, with explanations and suggestionsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The Code Sanitizer: Regular Expression Based Prevention of Content Injection AttacksCited 1 times
- Go sideways: C dynamic memory allocationA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Variable-length arrayA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
đź“š Books worth reading
Bye-laws and regulations with reference to house drainage, adopted by the Uppingham Sanitary Authority and allowed by the Local Government Board, with explanations and suggestionsRogers Field · 1877
The sanitary code, article xi: minimum requirements for the disposal of sanitary sewage in unsewered areasMassachusetts. Dept. of Public Health · 1962
The sanitary code, article 1: general application and administrationMassachusetts. Dept. of Public Health · 1960
The sanitary code, article iii: housing and sanitation standards for farm labor campsMassachusetts. Dept. of Public Health · 1960
The sanitary code, article vi: minimum standards for swimming poolsMassachusetts. Dept. of Public Health · 1964
The sanitary code, article iv: sanitation standards for recreational camps for childrenMassachusetts. Dept. of Public Health · 1963
The sanitary code, article viii: minimum standards for developed family type camp groundMassachusetts. Dept. of Public Health · 1963
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