[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:  Very High                            |  assigned
Component:  Tor Browser                          |      Milestone:
 Severity:  Normal                               |        Version:
 Keywords:  gitian, tbb-security, tbb-gitian,    |     Resolution:
  TorBrowserTeam201510, GeorgKoppen201510        |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:  #17304                               |         Points:
  Sponsor:  SponsorU                             |
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Comment (by gk):

 Replying to [comment:57 gk]:
 > But that crash is due to Mozilla's
 >
 > {{{
 >     // Shutdown is apparently dead. Crash the process.
 >     MOZ_CRASH("Shutdown too long, probably frozen, causing a crash.");
 > }}}
 >
 > Nevertheless, there might be a real issue underneath...

 The leak sanitizer is active automatically nowadays and is causing the
 long delay during shutdown resulting in the Mozilla code kicking in.
 Setting `ASAN_OPTIONS="detect_leaks=0"` solves this.

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