1//=== PointerSubChecker.cpp - Pointer subtraction checker ------*- C++ -*--===//
2//
3// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
4// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
5// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
6//
7//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
8//
9// This files defines PointerSubChecker, a builtin checker that checks for
10// pointer subtractions on two pointers pointing to different memory chunks.
11// This check corresponds to CWE-469.
12//
13//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
14
15#include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/BuiltinCheckerRegistration.h"
16#include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/BugReporter/BugType.h"
17#include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/Checker.h"
18#include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/CheckerManager.h"
19#include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/PathSensitive/CheckerContext.h"
20#include "llvm/ADT/StringRef.h"
21
22using namespace clang;
23using namespace ento;
24
25namespace {
26class PointerSubChecker
27 : public Checker< check::PreStmt<BinaryOperator> > {
28 const BugType BT{this, "Pointer subtraction"};
29
30public:
31 void checkPreStmt(const BinaryOperator *B, CheckerContext &C) const;
32};
33}
34
35void PointerSubChecker::checkPreStmt(const BinaryOperator *B,
36 CheckerContext &C) const {
37 // When doing pointer subtraction, if the two pointers do not point to the
38 // same memory chunk, emit a warning.
39 if (B->getOpcode() != BO_Sub)
40 return;
41
42 SVal LV = C.getSVal(B->getLHS());
43 SVal RV = C.getSVal(B->getRHS());
44
45 const MemRegion *LR = LV.getAsRegion();
46 const MemRegion *RR = RV.getAsRegion();
47
48 if (!(LR && RR))
49 return;
50
51 const MemRegion *BaseLR = LR->getBaseRegion();
52 const MemRegion *BaseRR = RR->getBaseRegion();
53
54 if (BaseLR == BaseRR)
55 return;
56
57 // Allow arithmetic on different symbolic regions.
58 if (isa<SymbolicRegion>(Val: BaseLR) || isa<SymbolicRegion>(Val: BaseRR))
59 return;
60
61 if (ExplodedNode *N = C.generateNonFatalErrorNode()) {
62 constexpr llvm::StringLiteral Msg =
63 "Subtraction of two pointers that do not point to the same memory "
64 "chunk may cause incorrect result.";
65 auto R = std::make_unique<PathSensitiveBugReport>(args: BT, args: Msg, args&: N);
66 R->addRange(R: B->getSourceRange());
67 C.emitReport(R: std::move(R));
68 }
69}
70
71void ento::registerPointerSubChecker(CheckerManager &mgr) {
72 mgr.registerChecker<PointerSubChecker>();
73}
74
75bool ento::shouldRegisterPointerSubChecker(const CheckerManager &mgr) {
76 return true;
77}
78

source code of clang/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/PointerSubChecker.cpp