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Returning from a function marked [[noreturn]] results in undefined behavior that might be exploited to cause data-integrity violations.
Rule | Severity | Likelihood | Remediation Cost | Priority | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MSC53-CPP | Medium | Unlikely | Low | P2 | L3 |
Automated Detection
Tool | Version | Checker | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astrée |
| invalid-noreturn | Fully checked | ||||||
| Axivion Bauhaus Suite |
| CertC++-MSC53 | |||||||
| Clang |
| -Winvalid-noreturn | |||||||
| CodeSonar |
| LANG.STRUCT.RFNR | Return from noreturn | ||||||
| Helix QAC |
| DF2886 | |||||||
| Klocwork |
| CERT.MSC.NORETURN_FUNC_RETURNS | |||||||
| Parasoft C/C++test |
| CERT_CPP- |
MSC53-a | Never return from functions that should not return | ||||||||
| Polyspace Bug Finder |
| CERT C++: MSC53-CPP | Checks for [[noreturn]] functions returning to caller (rule fully covered) | ||||||
| PVS-Studio |
| V1082 | |||||||
| RuleChecker |
| invalid-noreturn | Fully checked | ||||||
| SonarQube C/C++ Plugin |
| S935 |
Related Vulnerabilities
Search for vulnerabilities resulting from the violation of this rule on the CERT website.
Bibliography
| [ISO/IEC 14882-2014] | Subclause 7.6.3, " |
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