# A Survey of Fuzzing Open-Source Operating Systems

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.13163 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2502.13163/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 17 Feb 2025.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [FuzzAgent: Multi-Agent System for Evolutionary Library Fuzzing](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2605.14431/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Vulnerabilities in open-source operating systems (OSs) pose substantial security risks to software systems, making their detection crucial. While fuzzing has been an effective vulnerability detection technique in various domains, OS fuzzing (OSF) faces unique challenges due to OS complexity and multi-layered interaction, and has not been comprehensively reviewed. Therefore, this work systematically surveys the state-of-the-art OSF techniques, categorizes them based on the general fuzzing process, and investigates challenges specific to kernel, file system, driver, and hypervisor fuzzing. Finally, future research directions for OSF are discussed.