add AFL_FINAL_SYNC

docs/Changelog.md

@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
   release of the tool. See README.md for the general instruction manual.
 
 ### Version ++4.09a (dev)
-  - something cool :-)
+  - afl-fuzz:
+    - added `AFL_FINAL_SYNC` which forces a final fuzzer sync (also for `-F`)
+      before terminating.
 
 
 ### Version ++4.08c (release)
@@ -22,7 +24,6 @@
     - -l X option to enable base64 transformation solving
     - allow to disable CMPLOG with '-c -' (e.g. afl.rs enforces '-c 0' on
       every instance which is counterproductive).
-
   - afl-cmin/afl-cmin.bash:
     - fixed a bug inherited from vanilla AFL where a coverage of
       map[123] = 11 would be the same as map[1123] = 1
@@ -40,7 +41,6 @@
   - qemu_mode:
     - added qemu_mode/utils/qemu_get_symbol_addr.sh
 
-
 ### Version ++4.07c (release)
   - afl-fuzz:
     - reverse reading the seeds only on restarts (increases performance)
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@
     - TritonDSE in custom_mutators/aflpp_tritondse
     - SymQEMU in custom_mutators/symqemu
 
-
 ### Version ++4.06c (release)
   - afl-fuzz:
     - ensure temporary file descriptor is closed when not used

docs/env_variables.md

@@ -412,10 +412,15 @@ checks or alter some of the more exotic semantics of the tool:
     set `AFL_IGNORE_PROBLEMS`. If you additionally want to also ignore coverage
     from late loaded libraries, you can set `AFL_IGNORE_PROBLEMS_COVERAGE`.
 
-  - When running in the `-M` or `-S` mode, setting `AFL_IMPORT_FIRST` causes the
+  - When running with multiple afl-fuzz or with `-F`,  setting `AFL_IMPORT_FIRST`
-    fuzzer to import test cases from other instances before doing anything else.
+    causes the fuzzer to import test cases from other instances before doing
-    This makes the "own finds" counter in the UI more accurate. Beyond counter
+    anything else. This makes the "own finds" counter in the UI more accurate.
-    aesthetics, not much else should change.
+
+  - When running with multiple afl-fuzz or with `-F`,  setting `AFL_FINAL_SYNC`
+    will cause the fuzzer to perform a final import of test cases when
+    terminating. This is beneficial for `-M` main fuzzers to ensure it has all
+    unique test cases and hence you only need to `afl-cmin` this single
+    queue.
 
   - Setting `AFL_INPUT_LEN_MIN` and `AFL_INPUT_LEN_MAX` are an alternative to
     the afl-fuzz -g/-G command line option to control the minimum/maximum

include/afl-fuzz.h

@@ -402,7 +402,8 @@ typedef struct afl_env_vars {
       afl_exit_on_seed_issues, afl_try_affinity, afl_ignore_problems,
       afl_keep_timeouts, afl_no_crash_readme, afl_ignore_timeouts,
       afl_no_startup_calibration, afl_no_warn_instability,
-      afl_post_process_keep_original, afl_crashing_seeds_as_new_crash;
+      afl_post_process_keep_original, afl_crashing_seeds_as_new_crash,
+      afl_final_sync;
 
   u8 *afl_tmpdir, *afl_custom_mutator_library, *afl_python_module, *afl_path,
       *afl_hang_tmout, *afl_forksrv_init_tmout, *afl_preload,

include/envs.h

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ static char *afl_environment_variables[] = {
     "AFL_EXIT_ON_TIME",
     "AFL_EXIT_ON_SEED_ISSUES",
     "AFL_FAST_CAL",
+    "AFL_FINAL_SYNC",
     "AFL_FORCE_UI",
     "AFL_FRIDA_DEBUG_MAPS",
     "AFL_FRIDA_DRIVER_NO_HOOK",

src/afl-fuzz-state.c

@@ -269,6 +269,13 @@ void read_afl_environment(afl_state_t *afl, char **envp) {
             afl->afl_env.afl_import_first =
                 get_afl_env(afl_environment_variables[i]) ? 1 : 0;
 
+          } else if (!strncmp(env, "AFL_FINAL_SYNC",
+
+                              afl_environment_variable_len)) {
+
+            afl->afl_env.afl_final_sync =
+                get_afl_env(afl_environment_variables[i]) ? 1 : 0;
+
           } else if (!strncmp(env, "AFL_CUSTOM_MUTATOR_ONLY",
 
                               afl_environment_variable_len)) {

src/afl-fuzz.c

@@ -2899,6 +2899,15 @@ stop_fuzzing:
        time_spent_working / afl->fsrv.total_execs);
   #endif
 
+  if (afl->afl_env.afl_final_sync) {
+
+    SAYF(cYEL "[!] " cRST "\nPerforming final sync, this make take some time ...\n");
+    sync_fuzzers(afl);
+    write_bitmap(afl);
+    SAYF(cYEL "[!] " cRST "Done!\n\n");
+
+  }
+
   if (afl->is_main_node) {
 
     u8 path[PATH_MAX];