https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=82501
Bug ID: 82501 Summary: AddressSanitizer does not handle negative offset for first global variable Product: gcc Version: unknown Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: sanitizer Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: marxin at gcc dot gnu.org CC: dodji at gcc dot gnu.org, dvyukov at gcc dot gnu.org, jakub at gcc dot gnu.org, kcc at gcc dot gnu.org, marxin at gcc dot gnu.org Target Milestone: --- $ cat main.c int g = 0; int main(int argc, char **argv) { int *ptr = &g; *(ptr - 1) = 'c'; // should BOOM here } $ gcc main.c -fsanitize=address && ./a.out