Merge pull request #21400 from michaelnebel/csharp/implicitconversionreverseflowtaint

C#: Add default taint step from an implicit operator call to its argument.
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Michael Nebel
2026-03-04 12:40:59 +01:00
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5 changed files with 75 additions and 0 deletions

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---
category: minorAnalysis
---
* Added reverse taint flow from implicit conversion operator calls to their arguments.

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@@ -109,6 +109,16 @@ private class LocalTaintExprStepConfiguration extends ControlFlowReachabilityCon
}
}
private ControlFlow::Nodes::ExprNode getALastEvalNode(ControlFlow::Nodes::ExprNode cfn) {
exists(OperatorCall oc | any(LocalTaintExprStepConfiguration x).hasExprPath(_, result, oc, cfn) |
oc.getTarget() instanceof ImplicitConversionOperator
)
}
private ControlFlow::Nodes::ExprNode getPostUpdateReverseStep(ControlFlow::Nodes::ExprNode e) {
result = getALastEvalNode(e)
}
private predicate localTaintStepCommon(DataFlow::Node nodeFrom, DataFlow::Node nodeTo) {
hasNodePath(any(LocalTaintExprStepConfiguration x), nodeFrom, nodeTo)
}
@@ -177,6 +187,16 @@ private module Cached {
readStep(nodeFrom, any(DataFlow::ContentSet c | c.isElement()), nodeTo)
or
nodeTo = nodeFrom.(DataFlow::NonLocalJumpNode).getAJumpSuccessor(false)
or
// Allow reverse update flow for implicit conversion operator calls.
// This is needed to support flow out of method call arguments, where an implicit conversion is applied
// to a call argument.
nodeTo.(PostUpdateNode).getPreUpdateNode().(DataFlow::ExprNode).getControlFlowNode() =
getPostUpdateReverseStep(nodeFrom
.(PostUpdateNode)
.getPreUpdateNode()
.(DataFlow::ExprNode)
.getControlFlowNode())
) and
model = ""
or

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using System;
public class TestImplicitConversionOperator
{
static void Sink(object o) { }
static void TaintArgument(ArraySegment<byte> segment) { }
public void M1()
{
byte[] bytes = new byte[1];
TaintArgument(bytes);
Sink(bytes);
}
}

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edges
| ImplicitConversionOperator.cs:11:23:11:27 | [post] call to operator implicit conversion : ArraySegment<Byte> | ImplicitConversionOperator.cs:12:14:12:18 | access to local variable bytes | provenance | |
nodes
| ImplicitConversionOperator.cs:11:23:11:27 | [post] call to operator implicit conversion : ArraySegment<Byte> | semmle.label | [post] call to operator implicit conversion : ArraySegment<Byte> |
| ImplicitConversionOperator.cs:12:14:12:18 | access to local variable bytes | semmle.label | access to local variable bytes |
subpaths
#select
| ImplicitConversionOperator.cs:12:14:12:18 | access to local variable bytes | ImplicitConversionOperator.cs:11:23:11:27 | [post] call to operator implicit conversion : ArraySegment<Byte> | ImplicitConversionOperator.cs:12:14:12:18 | access to local variable bytes | $@ | ImplicitConversionOperator.cs:11:23:11:27 | [post] call to operator implicit conversion : ArraySegment<Byte> | [post] call to operator implicit conversion : ArraySegment<Byte> |

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/**
* @kind path-problem
*/
import csharp
import semmle.code.csharp.dataflow.internal.DataFlowPrivate as DataFlowPrivate
import Taint::PathGraph
module TaintConfig implements DataFlow::ConfigSig {
predicate isSource(DataFlow::Node src) {
exists(MethodCall mc |
mc.getTarget().hasName("TaintArgument") and
mc.getAnArgument() = src.(DataFlowPrivate::PostUpdateNode).getPreUpdateNode().asExpr()
)
}
predicate isSink(DataFlow::Node sink) {
exists(MethodCall mc |
mc.getTarget().hasName("Sink") and
mc.getAnArgument() = sink.asExpr()
)
}
}
module Taint = TaintTracking::Global<TaintConfig>;
from Taint::PathNode source, Taint::PathNode sink
where Taint::flowPath(source, sink)
select sink, source, sink, "$@", source, source.toString()