SEI CERT C Coding Standard

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Unsafe use of abort() may leave files written in an inconsistent state. It may also leave sensitive temporary files on the file system.

Recommendation

Severity

Likelihood

Remediation Cost

Priority

Level

ERR06-C

Medium

Unlikely

Medium

P4

L3

Automated Detection

Tool

Version

Checker

Description

Astrée
Include Page
Astrée_V
Astrée_V
bad-function
bad-macro-use		Supported
Compass/ROSE

 

 



Can detect some violations of this rule. However, it can only detect violations involving abort() because assert() is implemented as a macro

LDRA tool suite
Include Page
LDRA_V
LDRA_V
44 SEnhanced enforcement
Parasoft C/C++test

Include Page
Parasoft_V
Parasoft_V

CERT_C-ERR06-a

Do not use assertions

PC-lint Plus

Include Page
PC-lint Plus_V
PC-lint Plus_V

586

Fully supported

PVS-Studio

Include Page
PVS-Studio_V
PVS-Studio_V

V2021


RuleChecker
Include Page
RuleChecker_V
RuleChecker_V
bad-function
bad-macro-use		Supported

Related Vulnerabilities

Search for vulnerabilities resulting from the violation of this rule on the CERT website.

Related Guidelines

SEI CERT C++ Coding StandardVOID ERR06-CPP. Understand the termination behavior of assert() and abort()
ISO/IEC TR 24772:2013Termination Strategy [REU]

Bibliography

[ISO/IEC 9899:2011]Subclause 7.2.1.1, "The assert Macro"

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