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//==- CheckSizeofPointer.cpp - Check for sizeof on pointers ------*- C++ -*-==//
//
// The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
//
// This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
// License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
//
// This file defines a check for unintended use of sizeof() on pointer
// expressions.
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
#include "clang/Analysis/PathSensitive/BugReporter.h"
#include "clang/AST/StmtVisitor.h"
#include "clang/Analysis/LocalCheckers.h"
using namespace clang;
namespace {
class WalkAST : public StmtVisitor<WalkAST> {
BugReporter &BR;
public:
WalkAST(BugReporter &br) : BR(br) {}
void VisitSizeOfAlignOfExpr(SizeOfAlignOfExpr *E);
void VisitStmt(Stmt *S) { VisitChildren(S); }
void VisitChildren(Stmt *S);
};
}
void WalkAST::VisitChildren(Stmt *S) {
for (Stmt::child_iterator I = S->child_begin(), E = S->child_end(); I!=E; ++I)
if (Stmt *child = *I)
Visit(child);
}
// CWE-467: Use of sizeof() on a Pointer Type
void WalkAST::VisitSizeOfAlignOfExpr(SizeOfAlignOfExpr *E) {
if (!E->isSizeOf())
return;
// If an explicit type is used in the code, usually the coder knows what he is
// doing.
if (E->isArgumentType())
return;
QualType T = E->getTypeOfArgument();
if (T->isPointerType()) {
// Many false positives have the form 'sizeof *p'. This is reasonable
// because people know what they are doing when they intentionally
// dereference the pointer.
Expr *ArgEx = E->getArgumentExpr();
if (!isa<DeclRefExpr>(ArgEx->IgnoreParens()))
return;
SourceRange R = ArgEx->getSourceRange();
BR.EmitBasicReport("Potential unintended use of sizeof() on pointer type",
"Logic",
"The code calls sizeof() on a pointer type. "
"This can produce an unexpected result.",
E->getLocStart(), &R, 1);
}
}
void clang::CheckSizeofPointer(const Decl *D, BugReporter &BR) {
WalkAST walker(BR);
walker.Visit(D->getBody());
}