checksizeof.cpp

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//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
#include "checksizeof.h"
 
#include "errortypes.h"
#include "library.h"
#include "settings.h"
#include "symboldatabase.h"
#include "token.h"
#include "tokenize.h"
 
#include <algorithm>
#include <iterator>
#include <map>
#include <vector>
 
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
// Register this check class (by creating a static instance of it)
namespace {
    CheckSizeof instance;
}
 
// CWE IDs used:
static const CWE CWE467(467U);   // Use of sizeof() on a Pointer Type
static const CWE CWE682(682U);   // Incorrect Calculation
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
void CheckSizeof::checkSizeofForNumericParameter()
{
    if (!mSettings->severity.isEnabled(Severity::warning))
        return;
 
    logChecker("CheckSizeof::checkSizeofForNumericParameter"); // warning
 
    const SymbolDatabase *symbolDatabase = mTokenizer->getSymbolDatabase();
    for (const Scope * scope : symbolDatabase->functionScopes) {
        for (const Token* tok = scope->bodyStart->next(); tok != scope->bodyEnd; tok = tok->next()) {
            if (Token::Match(tok, "sizeof ( %num% )") ||
                Token::Match(tok, "sizeof %num%")) {
                sizeofForNumericParameterError(tok);
            }
        }
    }
}
 
void CheckSizeof::sizeofForNumericParameterError(const Token *tok)
{
    reportError(tok, Severity::warning,
                "sizeofwithnumericparameter", "Suspicious usage of 'sizeof' with a numeric constant as parameter.\n"
                "It is unusual to use a constant value with sizeof. For example, 'sizeof(10)'"
                " returns 4 (in 32-bit systems) or 8 (in 64-bit systems) instead of 10. 'sizeof('A')'"
                " and 'sizeof(char)' can return different results.", CWE682, Certainty::normal);
}
 
 
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
void CheckSizeof::checkSizeofForArrayParameter()
{
    if (!mSettings->severity.isEnabled(Severity::warning))
        return;
 
    logChecker("CheckSizeof::checkSizeofForArrayParameter"); // warning
 
    const SymbolDatabase *symbolDatabase = mTokenizer->getSymbolDatabase();
    for (const Scope * scope : symbolDatabase->functionScopes) {
        for (const Token* tok = scope->bodyStart->next(); tok != scope->bodyEnd; tok = tok->next()) {
            if (Token::Match(tok, "sizeof ( %var% )") ||
                Token::Match(tok, "sizeof %var% !![")) {
                const Token* varTok = tok->next();
                if (varTok->str() == "(") {
                    varTok = varTok->next();
                }
 
                const Variable *var = varTok->variable();
                if (var && var->isArray() && var->isArgument() && !var->isReference())
                    sizeofForArrayParameterError(tok);
            }
        }
    }
}
 
void CheckSizeof::sizeofForArrayParameterError(const Token *tok)
{
    reportError(tok, Severity::warning,
                "sizeofwithsilentarraypointer", "Using 'sizeof' on array given as function argument "
                "returns size of a pointer.\n"
                "Using 'sizeof' for array given as function argument returns the size of a pointer. "
                "It does not return the size of the whole array in bytes as might be "
                "expected. For example, this code:\n"
                "     int f(char a[100]) {\n"
                "         return sizeof(a);\n"
                "     }\n"
                "returns 4 (in 32-bit systems) or 8 (in 64-bit systems) instead of 100 (the "
                "size of the array in bytes).", CWE467, Certainty::normal
                );
}
 
void CheckSizeof::checkSizeofForPointerSize()
{
    if (!mSettings->severity.isEnabled(Severity::warning))
        return;
 
    logChecker("CheckSizeof::checkSizeofForPointerSize"); // warning
 
    const SymbolDatabase *symbolDatabase = mTokenizer->getSymbolDatabase();
    for (const Scope * scope : symbolDatabase->functionScopes) {
        for (const Token* tok = scope->bodyStart; tok != scope->bodyEnd; tok = tok->next()) {
            const Token* tokSize;
            const Token* tokFunc;
            const Token *variable = nullptr;
            const Token *variable2 = nullptr;
 
            // Find any function that may use sizeof on a pointer
            // Once leaving those tests, it is mandatory to have:
            // - variable matching the used pointer
            // - tokVar pointing on the argument where sizeof may be used
            if (Token::Match(tok->tokAt(2), "%name% (") && mSettings->library.getAllocFuncInfo(tok->tokAt(2))) {
                if (Token::Match(tok, "%var% ="))
                    variable = tok;
                else if (tok->strAt(1) == ")" && Token::Match(tok->linkAt(1)->tokAt(-2), "%var% ="))
                    variable = tok->linkAt(1)->tokAt(-2);
                else if (tok->link() && Token::Match(tok, "> ( %name% (") && mSettings->library.getAllocFuncInfo(tok->tokAt(2)) && Token::Match(tok->link()->tokAt(-3), "%var% ="))
                    variable = tok->link()->tokAt(-3);
                tokSize = tok->tokAt(4);
                tokFunc = tok->tokAt(2);
            } else if (Token::simpleMatch(tok, "memset (") && tok->strAt(-1) != ".") {
                variable = tok->tokAt(2);
                tokSize = variable->nextArgument();
                if (tokSize)
                    tokSize = tokSize->nextArgument();
                tokFunc = tok;
            } else if (Token::Match(tok, "memcpy|memcmp|memmove|strncpy|strncmp|strncat (") && tok->strAt(-1) != ".") {
                variable = tok->tokAt(2);
                variable2 = variable->nextArgument();
                if (!variable2)
                    continue;
                tokSize = variable2->nextArgument();
                tokFunc = tok;
            } else {
                continue;
            }
 
            if (tokSize && tokFunc->str() == "calloc")
                tokSize = tokSize->nextArgument();
 
            if (tokSize) {
                const Token * const paramsListEndTok = tokFunc->linkAt(1);
                for (const Token* tok2 = tokSize; tok2 != paramsListEndTok; tok2 = tok2->next()) {
                    if (Token::simpleMatch(tok2, "/ sizeof")) {
                        // Allow division with sizeof(char)
                        if (Token::simpleMatch(tok2->next(), "sizeof (")) {
                            const Token *sztok = tok2->tokAt(2)->astOperand2();
                            const ValueType *vt = ((sztok != nullptr) ? sztok->valueType() : nullptr);
                            if (vt && vt->type == ValueType::CHAR && vt->pointer == 0)
                                continue;
                        }
                        auto hasMultiplication = [](const Token* parTok) -> bool {
                            while (parTok) { // Allow division if followed by multiplication
                                if (parTok->isArithmeticalOp() && parTok->str() == "*") {
                                    const Token* szToks[] = { parTok->astOperand1(), parTok->astOperand2() };
                                    if (std::any_of(std::begin(szToks), std::end(szToks), [](const Token* szTok) {
                                        return Token::simpleMatch(szTok, "(") && Token::simpleMatch(szTok->previous(), "sizeof");
                                    }))
                                        return true;
                                }
                                parTok = parTok->astParent();
                            }
                            return false;
                        };
                        if (hasMultiplication(tok2->astParent()))
                            continue;
 
                        divideBySizeofError(tok2, tokFunc->str());
                    }
                }
            }
 
            if (!variable || !tokSize)
                continue;
 
            while (Token::Match(variable, "%var% ::|."))
                variable = variable->tokAt(2);
 
            while (Token::Match(variable2, "%var% ::|."))
                variable2 = variable2->tokAt(2);
 
            if (!variable)
                continue;
 
            // Ensure the variables are in the symbol database
            // Also ensure the variables are pointers
            // Only keep variables which are pointers
            const Variable *var = variable->variable();
            if (!var || !var->isPointer() || var->isArray()) {
                variable = nullptr;
            }
 
            if (variable2) {
                var = variable2->variable();
                if (!var || !var->isPointer() || var->isArray()) {
                    variable2 = nullptr;
                }
            }
 
            // If there are no pointer variable at this point, there is
            // no need to continue
            if (variable == nullptr && variable2 == nullptr) {
                continue;
            }
 
            // Jump to the next sizeof token in the function and in the parameter
            // This is to allow generic operations with sizeof
            for (; tokSize && tokSize->str() != ")" && tokSize->str() != "," && tokSize->str() != "sizeof"; tokSize = tokSize->next()) {}
 
            if (tokSize->str() != "sizeof")
                continue;
 
            // Now check for the sizeof usage: Does the level of pointer indirection match?
            const Token * const tokLink = tokSize->linkAt(1);
            if (tokLink && tokLink->strAt(-1) == "*") {
                if (variable && variable->valueType() && variable->valueType()->pointer == 1 && variable->valueType()->type != ValueType::VOID)
                    sizeofForPointerError(variable, variable->str());
                else if (variable2 && variable2->valueType() && variable2->valueType()->pointer == 1 && variable2->valueType()->type != ValueType::VOID)
                    sizeofForPointerError(variable2, variable2->str());
            }
 
            if (Token::simpleMatch(tokSize, "sizeof ( &"))
                tokSize = tokSize->tokAt(3);
            else if (Token::Match(tokSize, "sizeof (|&"))
                tokSize = tokSize->tokAt(2);
            else
                tokSize = tokSize->next();
 
            while (Token::Match(tokSize, "%var% ::|."))
                tokSize = tokSize->tokAt(2);
 
            if (Token::Match(tokSize, "%var% [|("))
                continue;
 
            // Now check for the sizeof usage again. Once here, everything using sizeof(varid) or sizeof(&varid)
            // looks suspicious
            if (variable && tokSize->varId() == variable->varId())
                sizeofForPointerError(variable, variable->str());
            if (variable2 && tokSize->varId() == variable2->varId())
                sizeofForPointerError(variable2, variable2->str());
        }
    }
}
 
void CheckSizeof::sizeofForPointerError(const Token *tok, const std::string &varname)
{
    reportError(tok, Severity::warning, "pointerSize",
                "Size of pointer '" + varname + "' used instead of size of its data.\n"
                "Size of pointer '" + varname + "' used instead of size of its data. "
                "This is likely to lead to a buffer overflow. You probably intend to "
                "write 'sizeof(*" + varname + ")'.", CWE467, Certainty::normal);
}
 
void CheckSizeof::divideBySizeofError(const Token *tok, const std::string &memfunc)
{
    reportError(tok, Severity::warning, "sizeofDivisionMemfunc",
                "Division by result of sizeof(). " + memfunc + "() expects a size in bytes, did you intend to multiply instead?", CWE682, Certainty::normal);
}
 
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
void CheckSizeof::sizeofsizeof()
{
    if (!mSettings->severity.isEnabled(Severity::warning))
        return;
 
    logChecker("CheckSizeof::sizeofsizeof"); // warning
 
    for (const Token *tok = mTokenizer->tokens(); tok; tok = tok->next()) {
        if (Token::Match(tok, "sizeof (| sizeof")) {
            sizeofsizeofError(tok);
            tok = tok->next();
        }
    }
}
 
void CheckSizeof::sizeofsizeofError(const Token *tok)
{
    reportError(tok, Severity::warning,
                "sizeofsizeof", "Calling 'sizeof' on 'sizeof'.\n"
                "Calling sizeof for 'sizeof looks like a suspicious code and "
                "most likely there should be just one 'sizeof'. The current "
                "code is equivalent to 'sizeof(size_t)'", CWE682, Certainty::normal);
}
 
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
void CheckSizeof::sizeofCalculation()
{
    if (!mSettings->severity.isEnabled(Severity::warning))
        return;
 
    logChecker("CheckSizeof::sizeofCalculation"); // warning
 
    const bool printInconclusive = mSettings->certainty.isEnabled(Certainty::inconclusive);
 
    for (const Token *tok = mTokenizer->tokens(); tok; tok = tok->next()) {
        if (!Token::simpleMatch(tok, "sizeof ("))
            continue;
 
        // ignore if the `sizeof` result is cast to void inside a macro, i.e. the calculation is
        // expected to be parsed but skipped, such as in a disabled custom ASSERT() macro
        if (tok->isExpandedMacro() && tok->previous()) {
            const Token *cast_end = (tok->previous()->str() == "(") ? tok->previous() : tok;
            if (Token::simpleMatch(cast_end->tokAt(-3), "( void )") ||
                Token::simpleMatch(cast_end->tokAt(-4), "static_cast < void >")) {
                continue;
            }
        }
 
        const Token *argument = tok->next()->astOperand2();
        if (!argument || !argument->isCalculation())
            continue;
 
        bool inconclusive = false;
        if (argument->isExpandedMacro())
            inconclusive = true;
        else if (tok->next()->isExpandedMacro())
            inconclusive = true;
 
        if (!inconclusive || printInconclusive)
            sizeofCalculationError(argument, inconclusive);
    }
}
 
void CheckSizeof::sizeofCalculationError(const Token *tok, bool inconclusive)
{
    reportError(tok, Severity::warning,
                "sizeofCalculation", "Found calculation inside sizeof().", CWE682, inconclusive ? Certainty::inconclusive : Certainty::normal);
}
 
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
void CheckSizeof::sizeofFunction()
{
    if (!mSettings->severity.isEnabled(Severity::warning))
        return;
 
    logChecker("CheckSizeof::sizeofFunction"); // warning
 
    for (const Token *tok = mTokenizer->tokens(); tok; tok = tok->next()) {
        if (Token::simpleMatch(tok, "sizeof (")) {
 
            // ignore if the `sizeof` result is cast to void inside a macro, i.e. the calculation is
            // expected to be parsed but skipped, such as in a disabled custom ASSERT() macro
            if (tok->isExpandedMacro() && tok->previous()) {
                const Token *cast_end = (tok->previous()->str() == "(") ? tok->previous() : tok;
                if (Token::simpleMatch(cast_end->tokAt(-3), "( void )") ||
                    Token::simpleMatch(cast_end->tokAt(-4), "static_cast < void >")) {
                    continue;
                }
            }
 
            if (const Token *argument = tok->next()->astOperand2()) {
                const Token *checkToken = argument->previous();
                if (checkToken->tokType() == Token::eName)
                    break;
                const Function * fun = checkToken->function();
                // Don't report error if the function is overloaded
                if (fun && fun->nestedIn->functionMap.count(checkToken->str()) == 1) {
                    sizeofFunctionError(tok);
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
 
void CheckSizeof::sizeofFunctionError(const Token *tok)
{
    reportError(tok, Severity::warning,
                "sizeofFunctionCall", "Found function call inside sizeof().", CWE682, Certainty::normal);
}
 
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Check for code like sizeof()*sizeof() or sizeof(ptr)/value
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
void CheckSizeof::suspiciousSizeofCalculation()
{
    if (!mSettings->severity.isEnabled(Severity::warning) || !mSettings->certainty.isEnabled(Certainty::inconclusive))
        return;
 
    logChecker("CheckSizeof::suspiciousSizeofCalculation"); // warning,inconclusive
 
    for (const Token *tok = mTokenizer->tokens(); tok; tok = tok->next()) {
        if (Token::simpleMatch(tok, "sizeof (")) {
            const Token* lPar = tok->astParent();
            if (lPar && lPar->str() == "(") {
                const Token* const rPar = lPar->link();
                const Token* varTok = lPar->astOperand2();
                int derefCount = 0;
                while (Token::Match(varTok, "[|*")) {
                    ++derefCount;
                    varTok = varTok->astOperand1();
                }
                if (lPar->astParent() && lPar->astParent()->str() == "/") {
                    const Variable* var = varTok ? varTok->variable() : nullptr;
                    if (var && var->isPointer() && !var->isArray() && !(var->valueType() && var->valueType()->pointer <= derefCount))
                        divideSizeofError(tok);
                }
                else if (Token::simpleMatch(rPar, ") * sizeof") && rPar->next()->astOperand1() == tok->next())
                    multiplySizeofError(tok);
            }
        }
    }
}
 
void CheckSizeof::multiplySizeofError(const Token *tok)
{
    reportError(tok, Severity::warning,
                "multiplySizeof", "Multiplying sizeof() with sizeof() indicates a logic error.", CWE682, Certainty::inconclusive);
}
 
void CheckSizeof::divideSizeofError(const Token *tok)
{
    reportError(tok, Severity::warning,
                "divideSizeof", "Division of result of sizeof() on pointer type.\n"
                "Division of result of sizeof() on pointer type. sizeof() returns the size of the pointer, "
                "not the size of the memory area it points to.", CWE682, Certainty::inconclusive);
}
 
void CheckSizeof::sizeofVoid()
{
    if (!mSettings->severity.isEnabled(Severity::portability))
        return;
 
    logChecker("CheckSizeof::sizeofVoid"); // portability
 
    for (const Token *tok = mTokenizer->tokens(); tok; tok = tok->next()) {
        if (Token::simpleMatch(tok, "sizeof ( void )")) {
            sizeofVoidError(tok);
        } else if (Token::simpleMatch(tok, "sizeof (") && tok->next()->astOperand2()) {
            const ValueType *vt = tok->next()->astOperand2()->valueType();
            if (vt && vt->type == ValueType::Type::VOID && vt->pointer == 0U)
                sizeofDereferencedVoidPointerError(tok, tok->strAt(3));
        } else if (tok->str() == "-") {
            // only warn for: 'void *' - 'integral'
            const ValueType *vt1  = tok->astOperand1() ? tok->astOperand1()->valueType() : nullptr;
            const ValueType *vt2  = tok->astOperand2() ? tok->astOperand2()->valueType() : nullptr;
            const bool op1IsvoidPointer = (vt1 && vt1->type == ValueType::Type::VOID && vt1->pointer == 1U);
            const bool op2IsIntegral    = (vt2 && vt2->isIntegral() && vt2->pointer == 0U);
            if (op1IsvoidPointer && op2IsIntegral)
                arithOperationsOnVoidPointerError(tok, tok->astOperand1()->expressionString(), vt1->str());
        } else if (Token::Match(tok, "+|++|--|+=|-=")) { // Arithmetic operations on variable of type "void*"
            const ValueType *vt1 = tok->astOperand1() ? tok->astOperand1()->valueType() : nullptr;
            const ValueType *vt2 = tok->astOperand2() ? tok->astOperand2()->valueType() : nullptr;
 
            const bool voidpointer1 = (vt1 && vt1->type == ValueType::Type::VOID && vt1->pointer == 1U);
            const bool voidpointer2 = (vt2 && vt2->type == ValueType::Type::VOID && vt2->pointer == 1U);
 
            if (voidpointer1)
                arithOperationsOnVoidPointerError(tok, tok->astOperand1()->expressionString(), vt1->str());
 
            if (!tok->isAssignmentOp() && voidpointer2)
                arithOperationsOnVoidPointerError(tok, tok->astOperand2()->expressionString(), vt2->str());
        }
    }
}
 
void CheckSizeof::sizeofVoidError(const Token *tok)
{
    const std::string message = "Behaviour of 'sizeof(void)' is not covered by the ISO C standard.";
    const std::string verbose = message + " A value for 'sizeof(void)' is defined only as part of a GNU C extension, which defines 'sizeof(void)' to be 1.";
    reportError(tok, Severity::portability, "sizeofVoid", message + "\n" + verbose, CWE682, Certainty::normal);
}
 
void CheckSizeof::sizeofDereferencedVoidPointerError(const Token *tok, const std::string &varname)
{
    const std::string message = "'*" + varname + "' is of type 'void', the behaviour of 'sizeof(void)' is not covered by the ISO C standard.";
    const std::string verbose = message + " A value for 'sizeof(void)' is defined only as part of a GNU C extension, which defines 'sizeof(void)' to be 1.";
    reportError(tok, Severity::portability, "sizeofDereferencedVoidPointer", message + "\n" + verbose, CWE682, Certainty::normal);
}
 
void CheckSizeof::arithOperationsOnVoidPointerError(const Token* tok, const std::string &varname, const std::string &vartype)
{
    const std::string message = "'$symbol' is of type '" + vartype + "'. When using void pointers in calculations, the behaviour is undefined.";
    const std::string verbose = message + " Arithmetic operations on 'void *' is a GNU C extension, which defines the 'sizeof(void)' to be 1.";
    reportError(tok, Severity::portability, "arithOperationsOnVoidPointer", "$symbol:" + varname + '\n' + message + '\n' + verbose, CWE467, Certainty::normal);
}