Finding and Understanding Miscompilation Bugs in the Solidity Compiler
2026-07-09T08:52:01Z•5d8b4f92c49adb38ba81e45e34740722dd1ff5183e96c74e42fb86fcaa76c371
DNN-compilationIstariLFPLSolSmithcompiler-bugscompiler-optimizationdata-movementdifferential-testingethereumformal-methodsfuzzingmechanizationmiscompilationperformance-optimizationpolynomial-timeproof-assistantsmart-contractssoliditytest-generationvirtual-tensorsvulnerability-research
What happened
The collection includes a high-impact study on Solidity compiler correctness and two systems/PL papers. The lead paper introduces SolSmith, a semantics-aware differential fuzzer that found 25 previously unnoticed miscompilation bugs in the Solidity compiler over three years, with some bugs present for years and potentially causing incorrect, exploitable smart-contract behavior on Ethereum. The authors provide test-generation techniques focused on codegen and optimization paths and a qualitative/quantitative taxonomy of bug root causes and end-user impact. The other items are PL/systems work: a
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- Source ID
- arxiv_cs_pl
- Record identifier
- 5d8b4f92c49adb38ba81e45e34740722dd1ff5183e96c74e42fb86fcaa76c371
- Enrichment time
- 2026-07-09T08:52:01Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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