Merge pull request #4805 from geoffw0/sscanf

C++: Refine examples and tests for cpp/memory-unsafe-function-scan (experimental) query
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Robert Marsh
2020-12-11 12:42:11 -08:00
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3 changed files with 25 additions and 8 deletions

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@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
char buf1[10];
scanf("%s", buf1);
// GOOD, length is specified. The length should be one less than the size of the buffer, since the last character is the NULL terminator.
char buf2[10];
sscanf(buf2, "%9s");
// GOOD, length is specified. The length should be one less than the size of the destination buffer, since the last character is the NULL terminator.
char buf2[20];
char buf3[10];
sscanf(buf2, "%9s", buf3);
// BAD, do not use scanf without specifying a length first
char file[10];

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@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
///// Library routines /////
typedef unsigned long size_t;
void *malloc(size_t size);
size_t strlen(const char *s);
int scanf(const char *format, ...);
int sscanf(const char *str, const char *format, ...);
int fscanf(const char *str, const char *format, ...);
@@ -13,13 +18,23 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
char buf1[10];
scanf("%s", buf1);
// GOOD, length is specified
char buf2[10];
sscanf(buf2, "%9s");
// GOOD, length is specified. The length should be one less than the size of the destination buffer, since the last character is the NULL terminator.
char buf2[20];
char buf3[10];
sscanf(buf2, "%9s", buf3);
// BAD, do not use scanf without specifying a length first
char file[10];
fscanf(file, "%s", buf2);
// GOOD, with 'sscanf' the input can be checked first and enough room allocated [FALSE POSITIVE]
if (argc >= 1)
{
char *src = argv[0];
char *dest = (char *)malloc(strlen(src) + 1);
sscanf(src, "%s", dest);
}
return 0;
}

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@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
| MemoryUnsafeFunctionScan.cpp:14:5:14:9 | call to scanf | Dangerous use of one of the scanf functions |
| MemoryUnsafeFunctionScan.cpp:22:5:22:10 | call to fscanf | Dangerous use of one of the scanf functions |
| MemoryUnsafeFunctionScan.cpp:19:5:19:9 | call to scanf | Dangerous use of one of the scanf functions |
| MemoryUnsafeFunctionScan.cpp:28:5:28:10 | call to fscanf | Dangerous use of one of the scanf functions |
| MemoryUnsafeFunctionScan.cpp:36:3:36:8 | call to sscanf | Dangerous use of one of the scanf functions |