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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 
22 using namespace clang;
23 using namespace ento;
24 
25 namespace {
26 class PointerSubChecker
27   : public Checker< check::PreStmt<BinaryOperator> > {
28   mutable std::unique_ptr<BugType> BT;
29 
30 public:
31   void checkPreStmt(const BinaryOperator *B, CheckerContext &C) const;
32 };
33 }
34 
35 void 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>(BaseLR) || isa<SymbolicRegion>(BaseRR))
59     return;
60 
61   if (ExplodedNode *N = C.generateNonFatalErrorNode()) {
62     if (!BT)
63       BT.reset(new BugType(this, "Pointer subtraction"));
64     constexpr llvm::StringLiteral Msg =
65         "Subtraction of two pointers that do not point to the same memory "
66         "chunk may cause incorrect result.";
67     auto R = std::make_unique<PathSensitiveBugReport>(*BT, Msg, N);
68     R->addRange(B->getSourceRange());
69     C.emitReport(std::move(R));
70   }
71 }
72 
73 void ento::registerPointerSubChecker(CheckerManager &mgr) {
74   mgr.registerChecker<PointerSubChecker>();
75 }
76 
77 bool ento::shouldRegisterPointerSubChecker(const CheckerManager &mgr) {
78   return true;
79 }
80