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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/BugReporter/BugType.h"
18 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/Checker.h"
19 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/CheckerManager.h"
20 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/PathSensitive/CheckerContext.h"
21 #include "llvm/ADT/SmallString.h"
22 #include "llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h"
23 
24 using namespace clang;
25 using namespace ento;
26 
27 namespace {
28 class DereferenceChecker
29     : public Checker< check::Location,
30                       check::Bind,
31                       EventDispatcher<ImplicitNullDerefEvent> > {
32   mutable std::unique_ptr<BuiltinBug> BT_null;
33   mutable std::unique_ptr<BuiltinBug> BT_undef;
34 
35   void reportBug(ProgramStateRef State, const Stmt *S, CheckerContext &C,
36                  bool IsBind = false) const;
37 
38 public:
39   void checkLocation(SVal location, bool isLoad, const Stmt* S,
40                      CheckerContext &C) const;
41   void checkBind(SVal L, SVal V, const Stmt *S, CheckerContext &C) const;
42 
43   static void AddDerefSource(raw_ostream &os,
44                              SmallVectorImpl<SourceRange> &Ranges,
45                              const Expr *Ex, const ProgramState *state,
46                              const LocationContext *LCtx,
47                              bool loadedFrom = false);
48 };
49 } // end anonymous namespace
50 
51 void
52 DereferenceChecker::AddDerefSource(raw_ostream &os,
53                                    SmallVectorImpl<SourceRange> &Ranges,
54                                    const Expr *Ex,
55                                    const ProgramState *state,
56                                    const LocationContext *LCtx,
57                                    bool loadedFrom) {
58   Ex = Ex->IgnoreParenLValueCasts();
59   switch (Ex->getStmtClass()) {
60     default:
61       break;
62     case Stmt::DeclRefExprClass: {
63       const DeclRefExpr *DR = cast<DeclRefExpr>(Ex);
64       if (const VarDecl *VD = dyn_cast<VarDecl>(DR->getDecl())) {
65         os << " (" << (loadedFrom ? "loaded from" : "from")
66            << " variable '" <<  VD->getName() << "')";
67         Ranges.push_back(DR->getSourceRange());
68       }
69       break;
70     }
71     case Stmt::MemberExprClass: {
72       const MemberExpr *ME = cast<MemberExpr>(Ex);
73       os << " (" << (loadedFrom ? "loaded from" : "via")
74          << " field '" << ME->getMemberNameInfo() << "')";
75       SourceLocation L = ME->getMemberLoc();
76       Ranges.push_back(SourceRange(L, L));
77       break;
78     }
79     case Stmt::ObjCIvarRefExprClass: {
80       const ObjCIvarRefExpr *IV = cast<ObjCIvarRefExpr>(Ex);
81       os << " (" << (loadedFrom ? "loaded from" : "via")
82          << " ivar '" << IV->getDecl()->getName() << "')";
83       SourceLocation L = IV->getLocation();
84       Ranges.push_back(SourceRange(L, L));
85       break;
86     }
87   }
88 }
89 
90 void DereferenceChecker::reportBug(ProgramStateRef State, const Stmt *S,
91                                    CheckerContext &C, bool IsBind) const {
92   // Generate an error node.
93   ExplodedNode *N = C.generateSink(State);
94   if (!N)
95     return;
96 
97   // We know that 'location' cannot be non-null.  This is what
98   // we call an "explicit" null dereference.
99   if (!BT_null)
100     BT_null.reset(new BuiltinBug(this, "Dereference of null pointer"));
101 
102   SmallString<100> buf;
103   llvm::raw_svector_ostream os(buf);
104 
105   SmallVector<SourceRange, 2> Ranges;
106 
107   // Walk through lvalue casts to get the original expression
108   // that syntactically caused the load.
109   if (const Expr *expr = dyn_cast<Expr>(S))
110     S = expr->IgnoreParenLValueCasts();
111 
112   if (IsBind) {
113     if (const BinaryOperator *BO = dyn_cast<BinaryOperator>(S)) {
114       if (BO->isAssignmentOp())
115         S = BO->getRHS();
116     } else if (const DeclStmt *DS = dyn_cast<DeclStmt>(S)) {
117       assert(DS->isSingleDecl() && "We process decls one by one");
118       if (const VarDecl *VD = dyn_cast<VarDecl>(DS->getSingleDecl()))
119         if (const Expr *Init = VD->getAnyInitializer())
120           S = Init;
121     }
122   }
123 
124   switch (S->getStmtClass()) {
125   case Stmt::ArraySubscriptExprClass: {
126     os << "Array access";
127     const ArraySubscriptExpr *AE = cast<ArraySubscriptExpr>(S);
128     AddDerefSource(os, Ranges, AE->getBase()->IgnoreParenCasts(),
129                    State.get(), N->getLocationContext());
130     os << " results in a null pointer dereference";
131     break;
132   }
133   case Stmt::UnaryOperatorClass: {
134     os << "Dereference of null pointer";
135     const UnaryOperator *U = cast<UnaryOperator>(S);
136     AddDerefSource(os, Ranges, U->getSubExpr()->IgnoreParens(),
137                    State.get(), N->getLocationContext(), true);
138     break;
139   }
140   case Stmt::MemberExprClass: {
141     const MemberExpr *M = cast<MemberExpr>(S);
142     if (M->isArrow() || bugreporter::isDeclRefExprToReference(M->getBase())) {
143       os << "Access to field '" << M->getMemberNameInfo()
144          << "' results in a dereference of a null pointer";
145       AddDerefSource(os, Ranges, M->getBase()->IgnoreParenCasts(),
146                      State.get(), N->getLocationContext(), true);
147     }
148     break;
149   }
150   case Stmt::ObjCIvarRefExprClass: {
151     const ObjCIvarRefExpr *IV = cast<ObjCIvarRefExpr>(S);
152     os << "Access to instance variable '" << *IV->getDecl()
153        << "' results in a dereference of a null pointer";
154     AddDerefSource(os, Ranges, IV->getBase()->IgnoreParenCasts(),
155                    State.get(), N->getLocationContext(), true);
156     break;
157   }
158   default:
159     break;
160   }
161 
162   os.flush();
163   auto report = llvm::make_unique<BugReport>(
164       *BT_null, buf.empty() ? BT_null->getDescription() : StringRef(buf), N);
165 
166   bugreporter::trackNullOrUndefValue(N, bugreporter::getDerefExpr(S), *report);
167 
168   for (SmallVectorImpl<SourceRange>::iterator
169        I = Ranges.begin(), E = Ranges.end(); I!=E; ++I)
170     report->addRange(*I);
171 
172   C.emitReport(std::move(report));
173 }
174 
175 void DereferenceChecker::checkLocation(SVal l, bool isLoad, const Stmt* S,
176                                        CheckerContext &C) const {
177   // Check for dereference of an undefined value.
178   if (l.isUndef()) {
179     if (ExplodedNode *N = C.generateSink()) {
180       if (!BT_undef)
181         BT_undef.reset(
182             new BuiltinBug(this, "Dereference of undefined pointer value"));
183 
184       auto report =
185           llvm::make_unique<BugReport>(*BT_undef, BT_undef->getDescription(), N);
186       bugreporter::trackNullOrUndefValue(N, bugreporter::getDerefExpr(S),
187                                          *report);
188       C.emitReport(std::move(report));
189     }
190     return;
191   }
192 
193   DefinedOrUnknownSVal location = l.castAs<DefinedOrUnknownSVal>();
194 
195   // Check for null dereferences.
196   if (!location.getAs<Loc>())
197     return;
198 
199   ProgramStateRef state = C.getState();
200 
201   ProgramStateRef notNullState, nullState;
202   std::tie(notNullState, nullState) = state->assume(location);
203 
204   // The explicit NULL case.
205   if (nullState) {
206     if (!notNullState) {
207       reportBug(nullState, S, C);
208       return;
209     }
210 
211     // Otherwise, we have the case where the location could either be
212     // null or not-null.  Record the error node as an "implicit" null
213     // dereference.
214     if (ExplodedNode *N = C.generateSink(nullState)) {
215       ImplicitNullDerefEvent event = { l, isLoad, N, &C.getBugReporter() };
216       dispatchEvent(event);
217     }
218   }
219 
220   // From this point forward, we know that the location is not null.
221   C.addTransition(notNullState);
222 }
223 
224 void DereferenceChecker::checkBind(SVal L, SVal V, const Stmt *S,
225                                    CheckerContext &C) const {
226   // If we're binding to a reference, check if the value is known to be null.
227   if (V.isUndef())
228     return;
229 
230   const MemRegion *MR = L.getAsRegion();
231   const TypedValueRegion *TVR = dyn_cast_or_null<TypedValueRegion>(MR);
232   if (!TVR)
233     return;
234 
235   if (!TVR->getValueType()->isReferenceType())
236     return;
237 
238   ProgramStateRef State = C.getState();
239 
240   ProgramStateRef StNonNull, StNull;
241   std::tie(StNonNull, StNull) = State->assume(V.castAs<DefinedOrUnknownSVal>());
242 
243   if (StNull) {
244     if (!StNonNull) {
245       reportBug(StNull, S, C, /*isBind=*/true);
246       return;
247     }
248 
249     // At this point the value could be either null or non-null.
250     // Record this as an "implicit" null dereference.
251     if (ExplodedNode *N = C.generateSink(StNull)) {
252       ImplicitNullDerefEvent event = { V, /*isLoad=*/true, N,
253                                        &C.getBugReporter() };
254       dispatchEvent(event);
255     }
256   }
257 
258   // Unlike a regular null dereference, initializing a reference with a
259   // dereferenced null pointer does not actually cause a runtime exception in
260   // Clang's implementation of references.
261   //
262   //   int &r = *p; // safe??
263   //   if (p != NULL) return; // uh-oh
264   //   r = 5; // trap here
265   //
266   // The standard says this is invalid as soon as we try to create a "null
267   // reference" (there is no such thing), but turning this into an assumption
268   // that 'p' is never null will not match our actual runtime behavior.
269   // So we do not record this assumption, allowing us to warn on the last line
270   // of this example.
271   //
272   // We do need to add a transition because we may have generated a sink for
273   // the "implicit" null dereference.
274   C.addTransition(State, this);
275 }
276 
277 void ento::registerDereferenceChecker(CheckerManager &mgr) {
278   mgr.registerChecker<DereferenceChecker>();
279 }
280