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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-17 12:03:36 +0000
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+### What it does
+Checks for transmute calls which would receive a null pointer.
+
+### Why is this bad?
+Transmuting a null pointer is undefined behavior.
+
+### Known problems
+Not all cases can be detected at the moment of this writing.
+For example, variables which hold a null pointer and are then fed to a `transmute`
+call, aren't detectable yet.
+
+### Example
+```
+let null_ref: &u64 = unsafe { std::mem::transmute(0 as *const u64) };
+``` \ No newline at end of file