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Tool

Version

Checker

Description

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++test9.5BD-RES-INVFREE 
Parasoft Insure++  Detect at runtime
Polyspace Bug FinderR2016aInvalid free of pointer

Pointer deallocation without a corresponding dynamic allocation

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