According to the C Standard, 7.2123.3, paragraph 6 [ISO/IEC 9899:20112024],
The address of the
FILEobject used to control a stream may be significant; a copy of aFILEobject need is not required to serve in place of the original.
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| Tool | Version | Checker | Description | |||||||||||||||||
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| Astrée |
| file-dereference | Partially checked | |||||||||||||||||
| Axivion Bauhaus Suite |
| CertC-FIO38 | Fully implemented | |||||||||||||||||
| Clang |
| misc-non-copyable-objects | Checked with clang-tidy | |||||||||||||||||
| Compass/ROSE | Can detect simple violations of this rule | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coverity |
| MISRA C 2012 Rule 22.5 | Partially implemented | |||||||||||||||||
| Cppcheck Premium |
| premium-cert-fio38-c | Fully implemented | |||||||||||||||||
| Helix QAC |
| C1485, C5028 C++3113, C++3114 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Klocwork |
| MISRA.FILE_PTR.DEREF.2012 | ||||||||||||||||||
| LDRA tool suite |
| 591 S | Fully implemented | RuleChecker|||||||||||||||||
| Parasoft C/C++test |
| RuleChecker
| RuleCheckerCERT_C-FIO38-a | A pointer to a FILE object shall not be dereferenced | ||||||||||||||||
| PC-lint Plus |
| file-dereference | Partially checked
| 9047 | Partially supported: reports when a FILE pointer is dereferenced | |||||||||||||||
| R2017b |
| CERT C: Rule FIO38-C | Checks for misuse | Misuseof a FILE object | Use of copy of FILE object | PRQA QA-C++ | |||||||||||||
| Include Page | cplusplus:PRQA QA-C++_V | cplusplus:PRQA QA-C++_V | (rule fully covered) | |||||||||||||||||
| RuleChecker |
| file-dereference | Partially checked | 5013
Related Vulnerabilities
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Bibliography
| [ISO/IEC 9899:20112024] | 7.2123.3, "Files" |
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