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kern/60882: KASAN/KUBSAN massively bloat the kernel
>Number: 60882
>Category: kern
>Synopsis: KASAN/KUBSAN massively bloat the kernel
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: kern-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Thu Oct 15 13:35:00 +0000 2026
>Originator: nia
>Release: -current, -11, -10
>Organization:
The NetBSAN Foundation
>Environment:
NetBSD siphon 11.99.9 NetBSD 11.99.9 (SIPHON) #2: Sun Oct 11 21:09:47 CEST 2026 nia@siphon:/encrypt/obj/sys/arch/amd64/compile/SIPHON amd64
>Description:
KUBSAN/KASAN seem to be producing massive amounts of kernel bloat,
resulting in kernel sizes that approach 200MB.
This impedes debugging and finding bugs because a kernel that is 100MB+
is a struggle for the bootloader and in some cases doesn't even load.
>How-To-Repeat:
Build a kernel with the following configuration, e.g. for amd64:
# $NetBSD$
include "arch/amd64/conf/GENERIC"
options KUBSAN
makeoptions KASAN=1
options KASAN
no options SVS
Observe file size of over 100MB.
>Fix:
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