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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-07 15:35:18 +0000
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+/**
+ * vi: sw=2 ts=2 et syntax=ql:
+ *
+ * Based on cpp/uninitialized-local.
+ *
+ * @name Potentially uninitialized local variable using the cleanup attribute
+ * @description Running the cleanup handler on a possibly uninitialized variable
+ * is generally a bad idea.
+ * @id cpp/uninitialized-local-with-cleanup
+ * @kind problem
+ * @problem.severity error
+ * @precision high
+ * @tags security
+ */
+
+import cpp
+import semmle.code.cpp.controlflow.StackVariableReachability
+
+/** Auxiliary predicate: List cleanup functions we want to explicitly ignore
+ * since they don't do anything illegal even when the variable is uninitialized
+ */
+predicate cleanupFunctionDenyList(string fun) {
+ fun = "erase_char"
+}
+
+/**
+ * A declaration of a local variable using __attribute__((__cleanup__(x)))
+ * that leaves the variable uninitialized.
+ */
+DeclStmt declWithNoInit(LocalVariable v) {
+ result.getADeclaration() = v and
+ not v.hasInitializer() and
+ /* The variable has __attribute__((__cleanup__(...))) set */
+ v.getAnAttribute().hasName("cleanup") and
+ /* Check if the cleanup function is not on a deny list */
+ not cleanupFunctionDenyList(v.getAnAttribute().getAnArgument().getValueText())
+}
+
+class UninitialisedLocalReachability extends StackVariableReachability {
+ UninitialisedLocalReachability() { this = "UninitialisedLocal" }
+
+ override predicate isSource(ControlFlowNode node, StackVariable v) { node = declWithNoInit(v) }
+
+ /* Note: _don't_ use the `useOfVarActual()` predicate here (and a couple of lines
+ * below), as it assumes that the callee always modifies the variable if
+ * it's passed to the function.
+ *
+ * i.e.:
+ * _cleanup_free char *x;
+ * fun(&x);
+ * puts(x);
+ *
+ * `useOfVarActual()` won't treat this as an uninitialized read even if the callee
+ * doesn't modify the argument, however, `useOfVar()` will
+ */
+ override predicate isSink(ControlFlowNode node, StackVariable v) { useOfVar(v, node) }
+
+ override predicate isBarrier(ControlFlowNode node, StackVariable v) {
+ /* only report the _first_ possibly uninitialized use */
+ useOfVar(v, node) or
+ (
+ /* If there's a return statement somewhere between the variable declaration
+ * and a possible definition, don't accept is as a valid initialization.
+ *
+ * E.g.:
+ * _cleanup_free_ char *x;
+ * ...
+ * if (...)
+ * return;
+ * ...
+ * x = malloc(...);
+ *
+ * is not a valid initialization, since we might return from the function
+ * _before_ the actual initialization (emphasis on _might_, since we
+ * don't know if the return statement might ever evaluate to true).
+ */
+ definitionBarrier(v, node) and
+ not exists(ReturnStmt rs |
+ /* The attribute check is "just" a complexity optimization */
+ v.getFunction() = rs.getEnclosingFunction() and v.getAnAttribute().hasName("cleanup") |
+ rs.getLocation().isBefore(node.getLocation())
+ )
+ )
+ }
+}
+
+pragma[noinline]
+predicate containsInlineAssembly(Function f) { exists(AsmStmt s | s.getEnclosingFunction() = f) }
+
+/**
+ * Auxiliary predicate: List common exceptions or false positives
+ * for this check to exclude them.
+ */
+VariableAccess commonException() {
+ /* If the uninitialized use we've found is in a macro expansion, it's
+ * typically something like va_start(), and we don't want to complain. */
+ result.getParent().isInMacroExpansion()
+ or
+ result.getParent() instanceof BuiltInOperation
+ or
+ /* Finally, exclude functions that contain assembly blocks. It's
+ * anyone's guess what happens in those. */
+ containsInlineAssembly(result.getEnclosingFunction())
+}
+
+from UninitialisedLocalReachability r, LocalVariable v, VariableAccess va
+where
+ r.reaches(_, v, va) and
+ not va = commonException()
+select va, "The variable $@ may not be initialized here, but has a cleanup handler.", v, v.getName()