[tor-bugs] #10599 [Tor Browser]: Investigate building TBB with SoftBound or AddressSanitizer

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#10599: Investigate building TBB with SoftBound or AddressSanitizer
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 Reporter:  mikeperry                            |          Owner:  gk
     Type:  enhancement                          |         Status:
 Priority:  High                                 |  assigned
Component:  Tor Browser                          |      Milestone:
 Severity:  Blocker                              |        Version:
 Keywords:  gitian, tbb-security, tbb-gitian,    |     Resolution:
  TorBrowserTeam201510, GeorgKoppen201510        |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:  #17304                               |         Points:
  Sponsor:  SponsorU                             |
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Changes (by gk):

 * severity:   => Blocker


Comment:

 Oh, and we need to disable ICU for now as there is going some funky stuff
 on. E.g.:
 {{{
 =================================================================
 ==27938==ERROR: LeakSanitizer: detected memory leaks

 Direct leak of 216 byte(s) in 3 object(s) allocated from:
     #0 0x7f130aa4037a in malloc (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-
 gnu/libasan.so.2+0x9437a)
     #1 0x559932e19e6e in res_open /home/thomas/Arbeit/Tor/tor-
 browser/intl/icu/source/tools/genrb/reslist.c:845

 SUMMARY: AddressSanitizer: 216 byte(s) leaked in 3 allocation(s).
 Makefile:660: recipe for target 'out/build/icudt52l/coll/root.res' failed
 make[7]: *** [out/build/icudt52l/coll/root.res] Error 23
 }}}

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