[compiler-rt] [sanitizer-common] [Darwin] Provide warning if task_set_exc_guard_behavior errors (PR #165907)

Andrew Haberlandt via llvm-commits llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Fri Oct 31 12:11:47 PDT 2025


https://github.com/ndrewh updated https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/165907

>From d41ba6149ddff40e4e05d7510b9c57fc2ffa383e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Haberlandt <ahaberlandt at apple.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 11:40:22 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [sanitizer-common] [Darwin] Provide warning if
 task_set_exc_guard_behavior errors

---
 compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_mac.cpp | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_mac.cpp b/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_mac.cpp
index b0a29db908639..b3c2ede4f6fb4 100644
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_mac.cpp
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_mac.cpp
@@ -960,7 +960,18 @@ static void DisableMmapExcGuardExceptions() {
       RTLD_DEFAULT, "task_set_exc_guard_behavior");
   if (set_behavior == nullptr) return;
   const task_exc_guard_behavior_t task_exc_guard_none = 0;
-  set_behavior(mach_task_self(), task_exc_guard_none);
+  kern_return_t res = set_behavior(mach_task_self(), task_exc_guard_none);
+  if (res != KERN_SUCCESS) {
+    Report(
+        "WARN: task_set_exc_guard_behavior returned %d (%s), "
+        "mmap may fail unexpectedly.\n",
+        res, mach_error_string(res));
+    if (res == KERN_DENIED) {
+      Report(
+          "HINT: Check that task_set_exc_guard_behavior is allowed by "
+          "sandbox.\n");
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 static void VerifyInterceptorsWorking();



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