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1 //== NullDerefChecker.cpp - Null dereference checker ------------*- C++ -*--==//
2 //
3 //                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
4 //
5 // This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
6 // License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
7 //
8 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
9 //
10 // This defines NullDerefChecker, a builtin check in ExprEngine that performs
11 // checks for null pointers at loads and stores.
12 //
13 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
14 
15 #include "ClangSACheckers.h"
16 #include "clang/AST/ExprObjC.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 "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/BugReporter/BugType.h"
21 #include "llvm/ADT/SmallString.h"
22 
23 using namespace clang;
24 using namespace ento;
25 
26 namespace {
27 class DereferenceChecker
28     : public Checker< check::Location,
29                       check::Bind,
30                       EventDispatcher<ImplicitNullDerefEvent> > {
31   mutable OwningPtr<BuiltinBug> BT_null;
32   mutable OwningPtr<BuiltinBug> BT_undef;
33 
34   void reportBug(ProgramStateRef State, const Stmt *S, CheckerContext &C,
35                  bool IsBind = false) const;
36 
37 public:
38   void checkLocation(SVal location, bool isLoad, const Stmt* S,
39                      CheckerContext &C) const;
40   void checkBind(SVal L, SVal V, const Stmt *S, CheckerContext &C) const;
41 
42   static void AddDerefSource(raw_ostream &os,
43                              SmallVectorImpl<SourceRange> &Ranges,
44                              const Expr *Ex, const ProgramState *state,
45                              const LocationContext *LCtx,
46                              bool loadedFrom = false);
47 };
48 } // end anonymous namespace
49 
50 void
51 DereferenceChecker::AddDerefSource(raw_ostream &os,
52                                    SmallVectorImpl<SourceRange> &Ranges,
53                                    const Expr *Ex,
54                                    const ProgramState *state,
55                                    const LocationContext *LCtx,
56                                    bool loadedFrom) {
57   Ex = Ex->IgnoreParenLValueCasts();
58   switch (Ex->getStmtClass()) {
59     default:
60       break;
61     case Stmt::DeclRefExprClass: {
62       const DeclRefExpr *DR = cast<DeclRefExpr>(Ex);
63       if (const VarDecl *VD = dyn_cast<VarDecl>(DR->getDecl())) {
64         os << " (" << (loadedFrom ? "loaded from" : "from")
65            << " variable '" <<  VD->getName() << "')";
66         Ranges.push_back(DR->getSourceRange());
67       }
68       break;
69     }
70     case Stmt::MemberExprClass: {
71       const MemberExpr *ME = cast<MemberExpr>(Ex);
72       os << " (" << (loadedFrom ? "loaded from" : "via")
73          << " field '" << ME->getMemberNameInfo() << "')";
74       SourceLocation L = ME->getMemberLoc();
75       Ranges.push_back(SourceRange(L, L));
76       break;
77     }
78   }
79 }
80 
81 void DereferenceChecker::reportBug(ProgramStateRef State, const Stmt *S,
82                                    CheckerContext &C, bool IsBind) const {
83   // Generate an error node.
84   ExplodedNode *N = C.generateSink(State);
85   if (!N)
86     return;
87 
88   // We know that 'location' cannot be non-null.  This is what
89   // we call an "explicit" null dereference.
90   if (!BT_null)
91     BT_null.reset(new BuiltinBug("Dereference of null pointer"));
92 
93   SmallString<100> buf;
94   SmallVector<SourceRange, 2> Ranges;
95 
96   // Walk through lvalue casts to get the original expression
97   // that syntactically caused the load.
98   if (const Expr *expr = dyn_cast<Expr>(S))
99     S = expr->IgnoreParenLValueCasts();
100 
101   if (IsBind) {
102     if (const BinaryOperator *BO = dyn_cast<BinaryOperator>(S)) {
103       if (BO->isAssignmentOp())
104         S = BO->getRHS();
105     } else if (const DeclStmt *DS = dyn_cast<DeclStmt>(S)) {
106       assert(DS->isSingleDecl() && "We process decls one by one");
107       if (const VarDecl *VD = dyn_cast<VarDecl>(DS->getSingleDecl()))
108         if (const Expr *Init = VD->getAnyInitializer())
109           S = Init;
110     }
111   }
112 
113   switch (S->getStmtClass()) {
114   case Stmt::ArraySubscriptExprClass: {
115     llvm::raw_svector_ostream os(buf);
116     os << "Array access";
117     const ArraySubscriptExpr *AE = cast<ArraySubscriptExpr>(S);
118     AddDerefSource(os, Ranges, AE->getBase()->IgnoreParenCasts(),
119                    State.getPtr(), N->getLocationContext());
120     os << " results in a null pointer dereference";
121     break;
122   }
123   case Stmt::UnaryOperatorClass: {
124     llvm::raw_svector_ostream os(buf);
125     os << "Dereference of null pointer";
126     const UnaryOperator *U = cast<UnaryOperator>(S);
127     AddDerefSource(os, Ranges, U->getSubExpr()->IgnoreParens(),
128                    State.getPtr(), N->getLocationContext(), true);
129     break;
130   }
131   case Stmt::MemberExprClass: {
132     const MemberExpr *M = cast<MemberExpr>(S);
133     if (M->isArrow()) {
134       llvm::raw_svector_ostream os(buf);
135       os << "Access to field '" << M->getMemberNameInfo()
136          << "' results in a dereference of a null pointer";
137       AddDerefSource(os, Ranges, M->getBase()->IgnoreParenCasts(),
138                      State.getPtr(), N->getLocationContext(), true);
139     }
140     break;
141   }
142   case Stmt::ObjCIvarRefExprClass: {
143     const ObjCIvarRefExpr *IV = cast<ObjCIvarRefExpr>(S);
144     if (const DeclRefExpr *DR =
145         dyn_cast<DeclRefExpr>(IV->getBase()->IgnoreParenCasts())) {
146       if (const VarDecl *VD = dyn_cast<VarDecl>(DR->getDecl())) {
147         llvm::raw_svector_ostream os(buf);
148         os << "Instance variable access (via '" << VD->getName()
149            << "') results in a null pointer dereference";
150       }
151     }
152     Ranges.push_back(IV->getSourceRange());
153     break;
154   }
155   default:
156     break;
157   }
158 
159   BugReport *report =
160     new BugReport(*BT_null,
161                   buf.empty() ? BT_null->getDescription() : buf.str(),
162                   N);
163 
164   bugreporter::trackNullOrUndefValue(N, bugreporter::GetDerefExpr(N), *report);
165 
166   for (SmallVectorImpl<SourceRange>::iterator
167        I = Ranges.begin(), E = Ranges.end(); I!=E; ++I)
168     report->addRange(*I);
169 
170   C.EmitReport(report);
171 }
172 
173 void DereferenceChecker::checkLocation(SVal l, bool isLoad, const Stmt* S,
174                                        CheckerContext &C) const {
175   // Check for dereference of an undefined value.
176   if (l.isUndef()) {
177     if (ExplodedNode *N = C.generateSink()) {
178       if (!BT_undef)
179         BT_undef.reset(new BuiltinBug("Dereference of undefined pointer value"));
180 
181       BugReport *report =
182         new BugReport(*BT_undef, BT_undef->getDescription(), N);
183       bugreporter::trackNullOrUndefValue(N, bugreporter::GetDerefExpr(N),
184                                          *report);
185       C.EmitReport(report);
186     }
187     return;
188   }
189 
190   DefinedOrUnknownSVal location = cast<DefinedOrUnknownSVal>(l);
191 
192   // Check for null dereferences.
193   if (!isa<Loc>(location))
194     return;
195 
196   ProgramStateRef state = C.getState();
197 
198   ProgramStateRef notNullState, nullState;
199   llvm::tie(notNullState, nullState) = state->assume(location);
200 
201   // The explicit NULL case.
202   if (nullState) {
203     if (!notNullState) {
204       reportBug(nullState, S, C);
205       return;
206     }
207 
208     // Otherwise, we have the case where the location could either be
209     // null or not-null.  Record the error node as an "implicit" null
210     // dereference.
211     if (ExplodedNode *N = C.generateSink(nullState)) {
212       ImplicitNullDerefEvent event = { l, isLoad, N, &C.getBugReporter() };
213       dispatchEvent(event);
214     }
215   }
216 
217   // From this point forward, we know that the location is not null.
218   C.addTransition(notNullState);
219 }
220 
221 void DereferenceChecker::checkBind(SVal L, SVal V, const Stmt *S,
222                                    CheckerContext &C) const {
223   // If we're binding to a reference, check if the value is known to be null.
224   if (V.isUndef())
225     return;
226 
227   const MemRegion *MR = L.getAsRegion();
228   const TypedValueRegion *TVR = dyn_cast_or_null<TypedValueRegion>(MR);
229   if (!TVR)
230     return;
231 
232   if (!TVR->getValueType()->isReferenceType())
233     return;
234 
235   ProgramStateRef State = C.getState();
236 
237   ProgramStateRef StNonNull, StNull;
238   llvm::tie(StNonNull, StNull) = State->assume(cast<DefinedOrUnknownSVal>(V));
239 
240   if (StNull) {
241     if (!StNonNull) {
242       reportBug(StNull, S, C, /*isBind=*/true);
243       return;
244     }
245 
246     // At this point the value could be either null or non-null.
247     // Record this as an "implicit" null dereference.
248     if (ExplodedNode *N = C.generateSink(StNull)) {
249       ImplicitNullDerefEvent event = { V, /*isLoad=*/true, N,
250                                        &C.getBugReporter() };
251       dispatchEvent(event);
252     }
253   }
254 
255   // Unlike a regular null dereference, initializing a reference with a
256   // dereferenced null pointer does not actually cause a runtime exception in
257   // Clang's implementation of references.
258   //
259   //   int &r = *p; // safe??
260   //   if (p != NULL) return; // uh-oh
261   //   r = 5; // trap here
262   //
263   // The standard says this is invalid as soon as we try to create a "null
264   // reference" (there is no such thing), but turning this into an assumption
265   // that 'p' is never null will not match our actual runtime behavior.
266   // So we do not record this assumption, allowing us to warn on the last line
267   // of this example.
268   //
269   // We do need to add a transition because we may have generated a sink for
270   // the "implicit" null dereference.
271   C.addTransition(State, this);
272 }
273 
274 void ento::registerDereferenceChecker(CheckerManager &mgr) {
275   mgr.registerChecker<DereferenceChecker>();
276 }
277