---
id: 1955
title: "Creating an LLVM Sanitizer from Hopes and Dreams"
source_domain: blog.trailofbits.com
source_url: "https://blog.trailofbits.com/2019/06/25/creating-an-llvm-sanitizer-from-hopes-and-dreams/"
published_at: "2019-06-25T10:50:21Z"
tags: ["static-analysis", "llvm", "program-analysis", "compilers", "sanitizers"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/1955"
lang: en
---

# Creating an LLVM Sanitizer from Hopes and Dreams

## Summary

A Trail of Bits winternship report explains how to build custom LLVM sanitizers, covering compile-time instrumentation, runtime support libraries, and lessons from a dynamic points-to analysis attempt.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** blog.trailofbits.com
- **Published:** 2019-06-25T10:50:21Z
- **Original:** https://blog.trailofbits.com/2019/06/25/creating-an-llvm-sanitizer-from-hopes-and-dreams/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/1955