add flow support for unmarshaled object fields

java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/Serializability.qll

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 import java
 private import frameworks.jackson.JacksonSerializability
+private import frameworks.google.GsonSerializability
 private import frameworks.google.GoogleHttpClientApi
 
 /**

java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/frameworks/google/GsonSerializability.qll

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/**
+ * Provides classes and predicates for working with Java Serialization in the context of
+ * the `com.google.gson` JSON processing framework.
+ */
+
+import java
+import semmle.code.java.Serializability
+import semmle.code.java.dataflow.DataFlow
+import semmle.code.java.dataflow.FlowSteps
+
+/**
+ * A method used for deserializing objects using Gson. The first parameter is the object to be
+ * deserialized.
+ */
+private class GsonReadValueMethod extends Method {
+  GsonReadValueMethod() {
+    this.getDeclaringType().hasQualifiedName("com.google.gson", "Gson") and
+    this.getName().matches("fromJson")
+  }
+}
+
+/** A type whose values may be deserialized by the Gson JSON framework. */
+abstract class GsonDeserializableType extends Type { }
+
+/** A type whose values are explicitly deserialized in a call to a Gson method. */
+private class ExplicitlyReadGsonDeserializableType extends GsonDeserializableType {
+  ExplicitlyReadGsonDeserializableType() {
+    exists(MethodAccess ma |
+      // A call to a Gson read method...
+      ma.getMethod() instanceof GsonReadValueMethod and
+      // ...where `this` is used in the final argument, indicating that this type will be deserialized.
+      // TODO: find a way to get the type represented by java.lang.reflect.Type and com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken
+      // fromJson​(String json, TypeToken<T> typeOfT)
+      // fromJson​(String json, Type typeOfT)
+      usesType(ma.getArgument(1).getType(), this) and
+      not this instanceof TypeClass and
+      not this instanceof TypeObject
+    )
+  }
+}
+
+predicate test(MethodAccess ma) {
+  ma.getMethod() instanceof GsonReadValueMethod 
+}
+
+/** A type used in a `GsonDeserializableField` declaration. */
+private class FieldReferencedGsonDeserializableType extends GsonDeserializableType {
+  FieldReferencedGsonDeserializableType() {
+    exists(GsonDeserializableField f | usesType(f.getType(), this))
+  }
+}
+
+/** A field that may be deserialized using the Gson JSON framework. */
+class GsonDeserializableField extends DeserializableField {
+  pragma[assume_small_delta]
+  GsonDeserializableField() {
+    exists(GsonDeserializableType superType |
+      superType = this.getDeclaringType().getAnAncestor() and
+      not superType instanceof TypeObject and 
+      // TODO: if we have the source, can we just track the flow through the backing fields?
+      //superType.fromSource()
+      not superType.(RefType).getPackage().getName().matches("java%")
+    )
+  }
+}
+
+private class GsonInheritTaint extends DataFlow::FieldContent, TaintInheritingContent {
+  GsonInheritTaint() {
+    this.getField() instanceof GsonDeserializableField
+  }
+}