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Tool

Version

Checker

Description

Astrée
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Astrée_V
Astrée_V
 Supported, but no explicit checker
CodeSonar
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CodeSonar_V
CodeSonar_V

LANG.ARITH.BIGSHIFT
LANG.ARITH.NEGSHIFT

Shift amount exceeds bit width
Negative shift amount

Compass/ROSE

 

 

Can detect violations of this rule. Unsigned operands are detected when checking for INT13-C. Use bitwise operators only on unsigned operands

Coverity
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Coverity_V
Coverity_V

BAD_SHIFT

Implemented
ECLAIR
Include Page
ECLAIR_V
ECLAIR_V
CC2.INT34Partially implemented
LDRA tool suite
Include Page
LDRA_V
LDRA_V

51 S, 403 S, 479 S

Partially implemented

Parasoft C/C++test9.5MISRA-038 
Polyspace Bug FinderR2016a

Shift of a negative value, Shift operation overflow

Shift operator on negative value

Overflow from shifting operation

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

0499
2790
2791 (D)
2792 (A)
2793 (S)

Partially implemented
Cppcheck
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Cppcheck_V
Cppcheck_V
shiftNegative, shiftTooManyBits

Context sensitive analysis
Warns whenever Cppcheck sees a negative shift for a POD expression
(The warning for shifting too many bits is written only if Cppcheck has sufficient type information and you use --platform to specify the sizes of the standard types.)

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