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SyzHarness: Patch-Based Kernel Bug Reproduction with LLM-Synthesized Fuzzing Harnesses

arXiv · AI, language, vision and robotics · article · Sep 20, 2026 · UTC

Automated kernel vulnerability reproduction is essential for bug triage, patch validation, and regression testing, but still lacks an effective and efficient solution. The core challenge is twofold: a reproducer must first recover the trigger scaffold needed to reach the vulnerable state and determine the precise concrete values that actually trigger the bug. Existing directed fuzzing approaches are ineffective at recovering the necessary trigger scaffold, while LLM- only generation is brittle because it struggles with concrete-value discovery and runtime nondeterminism. We design SyzHarness,

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