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changes.mady.by.user Svyatoslav Razmyslov

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Tool

Version

Checker

Description

Astrée
Include Page
Astrée_V
Astrée_V

invalid-free

Fully checked
Clang
Include Page
Clang_V
Clang_V
clang-analyzer-unix.MallocChecked by clang-tidy; can detect some instances of this rule, but does not detect all
CodeSonar
Include Page
CodeSonar_V
CodeSonar_V

ALLOC.FNH

Free non-heap variable

Compass/ROSE

Can detect some violations of this rule

Coverity

Include Page
Coverity_V
Coverity_V

BAD_FREE

Identifies calls to free() where the argument is a pointer to a function or an array. It also detects the cases where
free() is used on an address-of expression, which can never be heap allocated. Coverity Prevent cannot discover all
violations of this rule, so further verification is necessary

Klocwork
Include Page
Klocwork_V
Klocwork_V

FNH.MIGHT
FNH.MUST
FUM.GEN.MIGHT
FUM.GEN.MUST


LDRA tool suite
Include Page
LDRA_V
LDRA_V

407 S, 483 S, 644 S, 645 S, 125 D

Partially implemented
Parasoft C/C++test
Include Page
Parasoft_V
Parasoft_V
BD-RES-INVFREEImplemented
Parasoft Insure++

Detect at runtime
Polyspace Bug Finder

Include Page
Polyspace Bug Finder_V
Polyspace Bug Finder_V

R2016a

Invalid free of pointer

MISRA C:2012 Rule 22.2

Pointer deallocation without a corresponding dynamic allocation

A block of memory shall only be freed if it was allocated by means of a Standard Library function

PRQA QA-C9.1  1769
PVS-Studio

Include Page
PVS-Studio_V
PVS-Studio_V

V585, V726

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