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Checker

Description

CodeSonar
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CodeSonar_V
CodeSonar_V

LANG.CAST.PC.AV
LANG.CAST.PC.CONST2PTR
LANG.CAST.PC.INT

LANG.CAST.COERCE
LANG.CAST.VALUE

ALLOC.SIZE.TRUNC
MISC.MEM.SIZE.TRUNC

LANG.MEM.TBA

Cast: arithmetic type/void pointer
Conversion: integer constant to pointer
Conversion: pointer/integer

Coercion alters value
Cast alters value

Truncation of allocation size
Truncation of size

Tainted buffer access

Compass/ROSE  

Can detect violations of this rule. However, false warnings may be raised if limits.h is included

Coverity*

Include Page
Coverity_V
Coverity_V

NEGATIVE_RETURNS

REVERSE_NEGATIVE

MISRA_CAST

Can find array accesses, loop bounds, and other expressions that may contain dangerous implied integer conversions that would result in unexpected behavior

Can find instances where a negativity check occurs after the negative value has been used for something else

Can find instances where an integer expression is implicitly converted to a narrower integer type, where the signedness of an integer value is implicitly converted, or where the type of a complex expression is implicitly converted

 Cppcheck 
Include Page
Cppcheck_V
Cppcheck_V
memsetValueOutOfRangeThe second argument to memset() cannot be represented as unsigned char
Klocwork
Include Page
Klocwork_V
Klocwork_V

PRECISION.LOSS
PRECISION.LOSS.CALL

 
LDRA tool suite
Include Page
LDRA_V
LDRA_V

93 S, 433 S, 434 S

Partially implemented
Polyspace Bug FinderR2016a

Integer conversion overflow, Sign change integer conversion overflow, Tainted sign change conversion, Unsigned integer conversion overflow

 

Overflow when converting between integer types

Overflow when converting between signed and unsigned integers

 Value from an unsecure source changes sign

 Overflow when converting between unsigned integer types

PRQA QA-C
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PRQA QA-C_v
PRQA QA-C_v

2850, 2851, 2852, 2853,
2900, 2901, 2902, 2903,
2905, 2906, 2907, 2908,
2855, 2856, 2857, 2858,
2890, 2891, 2892, 2893,
2895, 2896, 2897, 2898

Partially implemented

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