vmlinux is deprecated in favor of kernel_obj. Remove all mentions of it. Also warn in syz-manager/mgrconfig if vmlinux is set.
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Troubleshooting
Here are some things to check if there are problems running syzkaller.
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Check that QEMU can successfully boot the virtual machine. For example, if
IMAGE
is set to the VM's disk image (as per theimage
config value) andKERNEL
is set to the test kernel (as per thekernel
config value) then something like the following command should start the VM successfully:qemu-system-x86_64 -hda $IMAGE -m 256 -net nic -net user,host=10.0.2.10,hostfwd=tcp::23505-:22 -enable-kvm -kernel $KERNEL -append root=/dev/sda
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Check that inbound SSH to the running virtual machine works. For example, with a VM running and with
SSHKEY
set to the SSH identity (as per thesshkey
config value) the following command should connect:ssh -i $SSHKEY -p 23505 root@localhost
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If you are having SSH difficulties, make sure your kernel configuration has networking enabled. Sometimes defconfig errs minimalistic and omits the following necessary options:
CONFIG_VIRTIO_NET=y CONFIG_E1000=y CONFIG_E1000E=y
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Check that the
CONFIG_KCOV
option is available inside the VM:ls /sys/kernel/debug # Check debugfs mounted
ls /sys/kernel/debug/kcov # Check kcov enabled
- Build the test program from
Documentation/kcov.txt
and run it inside the VM.
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Check that debug information (from the
CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO
option) is available- Pass the hex output from the kcov test program to
addr2line -a -i -f -e $VMLINUX
(whereVMLINUX
is the vmlinux file, as per thekernel_obj
config value), to confirm that symbols for the kernel are available.
- Pass the hex output from the kcov test program to
Also see this for generic troubleshooting advice.
If none of the above helps, file a bug on the bug tracker
or ask us directly on the syzkaller@googlegroups.com mailing list.
Please include syzkaller commit id that you use and syz-manager
output with -debug
flag enabled if applicable.