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Noncompliant Code Example
In this noncompliant code example, input_str is copied into dynamically allocated memory referenced by str. If malloc() fails, it returns a null pointer that is assigned to str. When str is dereferenced in memcpy(), the program behaves in an unpredictable manner.
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To correct this error, ensure the pointer returned by malloc() is not NULLnull. This also ensures compliance with MEM32-C. Detect and handle memory allocation errors.
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