| that has no effect or is never executed |
| DIVIDE_BY_ZERO | INT33-C. Ensure that division and remainder operations do not result in divide-by-zero errors |
| DONT_CALL | ENV33-C. Do not call system() |
| DONTCALL | MSC30-C. Do not use the rand() function for generating pseudorandom numbers |
| EVALUATION_ORDER | EXP30-C. Do not depend on the order of evaluation for side effects |
| EVALUATION_ORDER | EXP10-C. Do not depend on the order of evaluation of subexpressions or the order in which side effects take place |
| EVALUATION_ORDER (partial) | CON40-C. Do not refer to an atomic variable twice in an expression |
| FORWARD_NULL | EXP34-C. Do not dereference null pointers |
| INTEGER_OVERFLOW | INT30-C. Ensure that unsigned integer operations do not wrap |
| LOCK | CON01-C. Acquire and release synchronization primitives in the same module, at the same level of abstraction |
| MISRA 2012 Rule 13.2 | CON40-C. Do not refer to an atomic variable twice in an expression |
| MISRA C 2004 17.2 | ARR36-C. Do not subtract or compare two pointers that do not refer to the same array |
| MISRA C 2004 17.3 | ARR36-C. Do not subtract or compare two pointers that do not refer to the same array |
| MISRA C 2004 Rule 10.x (needs investigation) | FLP36-C. Preserve precision when converting integral values to floating-point type |
| MISRA C 2004 Rule 11.4 | EXP36-C. Do not cast pointers into more strictly aligned pointer types |
| MISRA C 2004 Rule 11.5 | EXP40-C. Do not modify constant objects |
| MISRA C 2004 Rule 12.3 | EXP44-C. Do not rely on side effects in operands to sizeof, _Alignof, or _Generic |
| MISRA C 2004 Rule 13.4 | FLP30-C. Do not use floating-point variables as loop counters |
| MISRA C 2004 Rule 15.0 | DCL41-C. Do not declare variables inside a switch statement before the first case label |
| MISRA C 2004 Rule 20.1 | DCL37-C. Do not declare or define a reserved identifier |
| MISRA C 2004 Rule 20.2 | DCL37-C. Do not declare or define a reserved identifier |
| MISRA C 2012 18.2 | ARR36-C. Do not subtract or compare two pointers that do not refer to the same array |
| MISRA C 2012 18.3 | ARR36-C. Do not subtract or compare two pointers that do not refer to the same array |
| MISRA C 2012 Rule 8.1 | DCL31-C. Declare identifiers before using them |
| MISRA C 2012 Rule 8.2 | EXP37-C. Call functions with the correct number and type of arguments |
| MISRA C 2012 Rule 8.4 | DCL40-C. Do not create incompatible declarations of the same function or object |
| MISRA C 2012 Rule 8.14 | EXP43-C. Avoid undefined behavior when using restrict-qualified pointers |
| MISRA C 2012 Rule 10.1 | STR34-C. Cast characters to unsigned char before converting to larger integer sizes |
| MISRA C 2012 Rule 10.2 | STR34-C. Cast characters to unsigned char before converting to larger integer sizes |
| MISRA C 2012 Rule 10.3 | STR34-C. Cast characters to unsigned char before converting to larger integer sizes |
| MISRA C 2012 Rule 10.4 | STR34-C. Cast characters to unsigned char before converting to larger integer sizes |
| MISRA C 2012 Rule 11.1 | EXP36-C. Do not cast pointers into more strictly aligned pointer types |
| MISRA C 2012 Rule 11.2 | EXP36-C. Do not cast pointers into more strictly aligned pointer types |
| MISRA C 2012 Rule 11.5 | EXP36-C. Do not cast pointers into more strictly aligned pointer types |
| MISRA C 2012 Rule 11.7 | EXP36-C. Do not cast pointers into more strictly aligned pointer types |
| MISRA C 2012 Rule 11.8 | EXP32-C. Do not access a volatile object through a nonvolatile reference |
| MISRA C 2012 Rule 14.1 | FLP30-C. Do not use floating-point variables as loop counters |
| MISRA C 2012 Rule 16.1 | DCL41-C. Do not declare variables inside a switch statement before the first case label |
| MISRA C 2012 Rule 17.3 | EXP37-C. Call functions with the correct number and type of arguments |
| MISRA C 2012 Rule 21.1 | DCL37-C. Do not declare or define a reserved identifier |
| MISRA C 2012 Rule 21.2 | DCL37-C. Do not declare or define a reserved identifier |
| MISRA C 2012 Rule 21.5 | CON37-C. Do not call signal() in a multithreaded program |
| MISRA C 2012 Rule 22.5 | FIO38-C. Do not copy a FILE object |
| MISRA C 2012 Rule 22.8 | ERR30-C. Take care when reading errno |
| MISRA C 2012 Rule 22.8 | ERR32-C. Do not rely on indeterminate values of errno |
| MISRA C 2012 Rule 22.8 | ERR33-C. Detect and handle standard library errors |
| MISRA C 2012 Rule 22.9 | ERR30-C. Take care when reading errno |
| MISRA C 2012 Rule 22.9 | ERR32-C. Do not rely on indeterminate values of errno |
| MISRA C 2012 Rule 22.9 | ERR33-C. Detect and handle standard library errors |
| MISRA C 2012 Rule 22.10 | ERR30-C. Take care when reading errno |
| MISRA C 2012 Rule 22.10 | ERR32-C. Do not rely on indeterminate values of errno |
| MISRA C 2012 Rule 22.10 | ERR33-C. Detect and handle standard library errors |
| MISRA_CAST | INT31-C. Ensure that integer conversions do not result in lost or misinterpreted data |
| MISRA_CAST (needs verification) | FLP34-C. Ensure that floating-point conversions are within range of the new type |
| MISSING_BREAK | MSC17-C. Finish every set of statements associated with a case label with a break statement |
| MISSING_LOCK | CON32-C. Prevent data races when accessing bit-fields from multiple threads |
| MISSING_LOCK (partial) | CON43-C. Do not allow data races in multithreaded code |
| MISSING_RETURN | MSC37-C. Ensure that control never reaches the end of a non-void function |
| NEGATIVE_RETURNS | INT31-C. Ensure that integer conversions do not result in lost or misinterpreted data |
| NEGATIVE_RETURNS | ARR30-C. Do not form or use out-of-bounds pointers or array subscripts |
| NO_EFFECT | MSC12-C. Detect and remove code that has no effect or is never executed |
| NULL_RETURNS | EXP34-C. Do not dereference null pointers |
| OPEN_ARGS | FIO03-C. Do not make assumptions about fopen() and file creation |
| ORDER_REVERSAL | CON35-C. Avoid deadlock by locking in a predefined order |
| OVERFLOW_BEFORE_WIDEN | INT18-C. Evaluate integer expressions in a larger size before comparing or assigning to that size |
| OVERRUN | ARR30-C. Do not form or use out-of-bounds pointers or array subscripts |
| OVERRUN |
Security checkers | CERT C Secure Coding Standard |
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| BUFFER_SIZE | STR31-C. Guarantee that storage for strings has sufficient space for character data and the null terminator , ARR33-C. Guarantee that copies are made into storage of sufficient size |
CHROOT | Out of scope |
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| PW | EXP40-C. Do not modify constant objects |
| PW | STR30-C. Do not attempt to modify string literals |
| PW | STR38-C. Do not confuse narrow and wide character strings and functions |
| PW | FIO47-C. Use valid format strings |
| PW.LINKAGE_CONFLICT | DCL36-C. Do not declare an identifier with conflicting linkage classifications |
| PW.POINTER_CONVERSION_LOSES_BITS | INT36-C. Converting a pointer to integer or integer to pointer | OPEN_ARGS | FIO03-A. Do not make assumptions about fopen() and file creation |
| READLINK | POS30-C. Use the readlink() function properly |
| RESOURCE_LEAK | MEM31-C. Free dynamically allocated memory when no longer needed |
| RESOURCE_LEAK | MEM00-C. Allocate and free memory in the same module, at the same level of abstraction |
| RESOURCE_LEAK (partial) | FIO42-C. Close files when they are no longer needed |
| RETURN_LOCAL | DCL30-C. Declare objects with appropriate storage durations |
| REVERSE_INULL | EXP34-C. Do not dereference null pointers |
| REVERSE_NEGATIVE | INT31-C. Ensure that integer conversions do not result in lost or misinterpreted data |
| REVERSE_NEGATIVE | ARR32-C. Ensure size arguments for variable length arrays are in a valid range | SECURE_CODING | STR34-C. Do not copy data from an unbounded source to a fixed-length array, others? |
| SECURE_TEMP | TMP30 FIO21-C. Temporary files must created with unique and unpredictable file names, TMP31-C. Temporary files must have an unpredictable name, TMP32-C. Temporary files must be opened with exclusive access, TMP33-C. Temporary files must be removed before the program exits, TMPxx-C. Temporary file names must be unique when the file is created Do not create temporary files in shared directories |
| SIZECHECK (deprecated) | MEM35-C. Allocate sufficient memory for an object |
| STACK_USE | MEM05-C. Avoid large stack allocations |
| STRING_NULL | STR32-C. Do not pass a non-null-terminated character sequence to a library function that expects a string |
| STRING_OVERFLOW | STR31-C. Guarantee that storage for strings has sufficient space for character data and the null terminator | STRING_NULL | STR32-C. Null-terminate byte strings as required |
| STRING_SIZE | STR31-C. Guarantee that storage for strings has sufficient space for character data and the null terminator |
| TAINTED_SCALAR | ARR30-C. Guarantee that array indices are within the valid range, INT31 INT32-C. Ensure that integer conversions operations on signed integers do not result in lost or misinterpreted data, INT32-C. Ensure that integer operations do not result in an overflow overflow |
| TAINTED_STRING | FIO30-C. Exclude user input from format strings |
| TAINTED_STRING | STR02-AC. Sanitize data passed to complex subsystems , FIO30-C. Exclude user input from format strings, FIO02-A. Canonicalize file names originating from untrusted sources |
TOCTOU | FIO03-A. Do not make assumptions about fopen() and file creation, FIO01-A. Prefer functions that do not rely on file names for identification, FIO08-A. Take care when calling remove() on an open file, others? |
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| TOCTOU | FIO45-C. Avoid TOCTOU race conditions while accessing files |
| TOCTOU | POS35-C. Avoid race conditions while checking for the existence of a symbolic link |
| TOCTOU | FIO01-C. Be careful using functions that use file names for identification |
| UNINIT | EXP33-C. Do not read uninitialized memory |
| UNREACHABLE | MSC07-C. Detect and remove dead code |
| UNREACHABLE | MSC12-C. Detect and remove code that has no effect or is never executed |
| UNUSED_VALUE | MSC13-C. Detect and remove unused values |
| USE_AFTER_FREE | MEM30-C. Do not access freed memory |
| USE_AFTER_FREE | FIO46-C. Do not access a closed file |
| USE_AFTER_FREE | MEM01-C. Store a new value in pointers immediately after free() |
| Various concurrency checkers | POS49-C. When data must be accessed by multiple threads, provide a mutex and guarantee no adjacent data is also accessed |
| VOLATILE_ATOICITY (possible) | CON40-C. Do not refer to an atomic variable twice in an expression | USER_POINTER | No equivalent |
