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+//=== PointerSubChecker.cpp - Pointer subtraction checker ------*- C++ -*--===//
+//
+// The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
+//
+// This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
+// License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// This files defines PointerSubChecker, a builtin checker that checks for
+// pointer subtractions on two pointers pointing to different memory chunks.
+// This check corresponds to CWE-469.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#include "clang/Analysis/PathSensitive/CheckerVisitor.h"
+#include "GRExprEngineInternalChecks.h"
+
+using namespace clang;
+
+namespace {
+class VISIBILITY_HIDDEN PointerSubChecker
+ : public CheckerVisitor<PointerSubChecker> {
+ BuiltinBug *BT;
+public:
+ PointerSubChecker() : BT(0) {}
+ static void *getTag();
+ void PreVisitBinaryOperator(CheckerContext &C, const BinaryOperator *B);
+};
+}
+
+void *PointerSubChecker::getTag() {
+ static int x;
+ return &x;
+}
+
+void PointerSubChecker::PreVisitBinaryOperator(CheckerContext &C,
+ const BinaryOperator *B) {
+ // When doing pointer subtraction, if the two pointers do not point to the
+ // same memory chunk, emit a warning.
+ if (B->getOpcode() != BinaryOperator::Sub)
+ return;
+
+ const GRState *state = C.getState();
+ SVal LV = state->getSVal(B->getLHS());
+ SVal RV = state->getSVal(B->getRHS());
+
+ const MemRegion *LR = LV.getAsRegion();
+ const MemRegion *RR = RV.getAsRegion();
+
+ if (!(LR && RR))
+ return;
+
+ const MemRegion *BaseLR = LR->getBaseRegion();
+ const MemRegion *BaseRR = RR->getBaseRegion();
+
+ if (BaseLR == BaseRR)
+ return;
+
+ // Allow arithmetic on different symbolic regions.
+ if (isa<SymbolicRegion>(BaseLR) || isa<SymbolicRegion>(BaseRR))
+ return;
+
+ if (ExplodedNode *N = C.GenerateNode(B)) {
+ if (!BT)
+ BT = new BuiltinBug("Pointer subtraction",
+ "Subtraction of two pointers that do not point to "
+ "the same memory chunk may cause incorrect result.");
+ RangedBugReport *R = new RangedBugReport(*BT, BT->getDescription(), N);
+ R->addRange(B->getSourceRange());
+ C.EmitReport(R);
+ }
+}
+
+void clang::RegisterPointerSubChecker(GRExprEngine &Eng) {
+ Eng.registerCheck(new PointerSubChecker());
+}