Merge pull request #3138 from jf205/recent-changes

docs: fix links in Python articles (rc/1.23)

.codeqlmanifest.json

@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
                "*/ql/test/qlpack.yml",
                "*/upgrades/qlpack.yml",
                "misc/legacy-support/*/qlpack.yml",
-               "misc/suite-helpers/qlpack.yml" ] }
+               "misc/suite-helpers/qlpack.yml",
+               "codeql/.codeqlmanifest.json" ] }

.github/labeler.yml

@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-"C++":
-  - cpp/**/*
-  - change-notes/**/*cpp*
-
-"C#":
-  - csharp/**/*
-  - change-notes/**/*csharp*
-
-Java:
-  - java/**/*
-  - change-notes/**/*java.*
-
-JS:
-  - javascript/**/*
-  - change-notes/**/*javascript*
-
-Python:
-  - python/**/*
-  - change-notes/**/*python*
-
-documentation:
-  - "**/*.qhelp"
-  - "**/*.md"
-  - docs/**/*

.gitignore

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # editor and OS artifacts
 *~
 .DS_STORE
-*.swp
 
 # query compilation caches
 .cache
@@ -14,11 +13,5 @@
 .vs/*
 !.vs/VSWorkspaceSettings.json
 
-# Byte-compiled python files
-*.pyc
-
 # It's useful (though not required) to be able to unpack codeql in the ql checkout itself
 /codeql/
-
-csharp/extractor/Semmle.Extraction.CSharp.Driver/Properties/launchSettings.json
-.vscode

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -1,66 +1,88 @@
 # Contributing to CodeQL
 
-We welcome contributions to our CodeQL libraries and queries. Got an idea for a new check, or how to improve an existing query? Then please go ahead and open a pull request! Contributions to this project are [released](https://help.github.com/articles/github-terms-of-service/#6-contributions-under-repository-license) to the public under the [project's open source license](LICENSE).
+We welcome contributions to our standard library and standard checks. Got an idea for a new check, or how to improve an existing query? Then please go ahead and open a pull request!
 
-There is lots of useful documentation to help you write queries, ranging from information about query file structure to tutorials for specific target languages. For more information on the documentation available, see [CodeQL queries](https://help.semmle.com/QL/learn-ql/writing-queries/writing-queries.html) on [help.semmle.com](https://help.semmle.com).
+Before we accept your pull request, we require that you have agreed to our Contributor License Agreement, this is not something that you need to do before you submit your pull request, but until you've done so, we will be unable to accept your contribution.
 
+## Adding a new query
 
-## Submitting a new experimental query
+If you have an idea for a query that you would like to share with other Semmle users, please open a pull request to add it to this repository. 
+Follow the steps below to help other users understand what your query does, and to ensure that your query is consistent with the other Semmle queries.
 
-If you have an idea for a query that you would like to share with other CodeQL users, please open a pull request to add it to this repository. New queries start out in a `<language>/ql/src/experimental` directory, to which they can be merged when they meet the following requirements.
+1. **Consult the documentation for query writers**
 
-1. **Directory structure**
+   There is lots of useful documentation to help you write queries, ranging from information about query file structure to tutorials for specific target languages. For more information on the documentation available, see [Writing CodeQL queries](https://help.semmle.com/QL/learn-ql/writing-queries/writing-queries.html) on [help.semmle.com](https://help.semmle.com).
 
-    There are five language-specific query directories in this repository:
+2. **Format your code correctly**
 
-      * C/C++: `cpp/ql/src`
-      * C#: `csharp/ql/src`
-      * Java: `java/ql/src`
-      * JavaScript: `javascript/ql/src`
-      * Python: `python/ql/src`
+   All of Semmle's standard queries and libraries are uniformly formatted for clarity and consistency, so we strongly recommend that all contributions follow the same formatting guidelines. If you use CodeQL for VS Code, you can autoformat your query in the [Editor](https://help.semmle.com/codeql/codeql-for-vscode/reference/editor.html#autoformatting). For more information, see the [CodeQL style guide](https://github.com/Semmle/ql/blob/master/docs/ql-style-guide.md).
 
-    Each language-specific directory contains further subdirectories that group queries based on their `@tags` or purpose.
-    - Experimental queries and libraries are stored in the `experimental` subdirectory within each language-specific directory in the [CodeQL repository](https://github.com/github/codeql). For example, experimental Java queries and libraries are stored in `java/ql/src/experimental` and any corresponding tests in `java/ql/test/experimental`.
-    - The structure of an `experimental` subdirectory mirrors the structure of its parent directory.
-    - Select or create an appropriate directory in `experimental` based on the existing directory structure of `experimental` or its parent directory.
+3. **Make sure your query has the correct metadata**
 
-2. **Query metadata**
+   Query metadata is used by Semmle's analysis to identify your query and make sure the query results are displayed properly. 
+   The most important metadata to include are the `@name`, `@description`, and the `@kind`.
+   Other metadata properties (`@precision`, `@severity`, and `@tags`) are usually added after the query has been reviewed by Semmle staff.
+   For more information on writing query metadata, see the [Query metadata style guide](https://github.com/Semmle/ql/blob/master/docs/query-metadata-style-guide.md).
 
-    - The query `@id` must conform to all the requirements in the [guide on query metadata](docs/query-metadata-style-guide.md#query-id-id). In particular, it must not clash with any other queries in the repository, and it must start with the appropriate language-specific prefix.
-    - The query must have a `@name` and `@description` to explain its purpose.
-    - The query must have a `@kind` and `@problem.severity` as required by CodeQL tools.
+4. **Make sure the `select` statement is compatible with the query type**
 
-    For details, see the [guide on query metadata](docs/query-metadata-style-guide.md).
+   The `select` statement of your query must be compatible with the query type (determined by the `@kind` metadata property) for alert or path results to be displayed correctly in LGTM and CodeQL for VS Code.
+   For more information on `select` statement format, see [Introduction to query files](https://help.semmle.com/QL/learn-ql/writing-queries/introduction-to-queries.html#select-clause) on help.semmle.com.
 
-    Make sure the `select` statement is compatible with the query `@kind`. See [About CodeQL queries](https://help.semmle.com/QL/learn-ql/writing-queries/introduction-to-queries.html#select-clause) on help.semmle.com.
+5. **Save your query in a `.ql` file in the correct language directory in this repository**
 
-3. **Formatting**
+   There are five language-specific directories in this repository:
+   
+     * C/C++: `ql/cpp/ql/src`
+     * C#: `ql/csharp/ql/src`
+     * Java: `ql/java/ql/src`
+     * JavaScript: `ql/javascript/ql/src`
+     * Python: `ql/python/ql/src`
 
-    - The queries and libraries must be autoformatted, for example using the "Format Document" command in [CodeQL for Visual Studio Code](https://help.semmle.com/codeql/codeql-for-vscode/procedures/about-codeql-for-vscode.html).
+   Each language-specific directory contains further subdirectories that group queries based on their `@tags` properties or purpose. Select the appropriate subdirectory for your new query, or create a new one if necessary. 
 
-4. **Compilation**
+6. **Write a query help file**
 
-    - Compilation of the query and any associated libraries and tests must be resilient to future development of the [supported](docs/supported-queries.md) libraries. This means that the functionality cannot use internal libraries, cannot depend on the output of `getAQlClass`, and cannot make use of regexp matching on `toString`.
-    - The query and any associated libraries and tests must not cause any compiler warnings to be emitted (such as use of deprecated functionality or missing `override` annotations).
-
-5. **Results**
-
-    - The query must have at least one true positive result on some revision of a real project.
-
-Experimental queries and libraries may not be actively maintained as the [supported](docs/supported-queries.md) libraries evolve. They may also be changed in backwards-incompatible ways or may be removed entirely in the future without deprecation warnings.
-
-After the experimental query is merged, we welcome pull requests to improve it. Before a query can be moved out of the `experimental` subdirectory, it must satisfy [the requirements for being a supported query](docs/supported-queries.md).
+   Query help files explain the purpose of your query to other users. Write your query help in a `.qhelp` file and save it in the same directory as your new query. 
+   For more information on writing query help, see the [Query help style guide](https://github.com/Semmle/ql/blob/master/docs/query-help-style-guide.md).
 
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README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # CodeQL
 
-This open source repository contains the standard CodeQL libraries and queries that power [LGTM](https://lgtm.com) and the other CodeQL products that [GitHub](https://github.com) makes available to its customers worldwide.
+This open source repository contains the standard CodeQL libraries and queries that power [LGTM](https://lgtm.com), and the other products that [Semmle](https://semmle.com) makes available to its customers worldwide.
 
 ## How do I learn CodeQL and run queries?
 
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ You can use the [interactive query console](https://lgtm.com/help/lgtm/using-que
 
 ## Contributing
 
-We welcome contributions to our standard library and standard checks. Do you have an idea for a new check, or how to improve an existing query? Then please go ahead and open a pull request! Before you do, though, please take the time to read our [contributing guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md). You can also consult our [style guides](https://github.com/github/codeql/tree/master/docs) to learn how to format your code for consistency and clarity, how to write query metadata, and how to write query help documentation for your query.
+We welcome contributions to our standard library and standard checks. Do you have an idea for a new check, or how to improve an existing query? Then please go ahead and open a pull request! Before you do, though, please take the time to read our [contributing guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md). You can also consult our [style guides](https://github.com/Semmle/ql/tree/master/docs) to learn how to format your code for consistency and clarity, how to write query metadata, and how to write query help documentation for your query.
 
 ## License
 
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+The code in this repository is licensed under [Apache License 2.0](LICENSE) by [Semmle](https://semmle.com).

change-notes/1.24/analysis-cpp.md

@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-# Improvements to C/C++ analysis
-
-The following changes in version 1.24 affect C/C++ analysis in all applications.
-
-## General improvements
-
-You can now suppress alerts using either single-line block comments (`/* ... */`) or line comments (`// ...`).
-
-## New queries
-
-| **Query**                   | **Tags**  | **Purpose**                                                        |
-|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| Implicit function declarations (`cpp/Likely Bugs/Underspecified Functions/ImplicitFunctionDeclaration.ql`) | correctness, maintainability | This query finds calls to undeclared functions that are compiled by a C compiler. Results are shown on LGTM by default. |
-
-## Changes to existing queries
-
-A new taint-tracking library is used by all the security queries that track tainted values
-(`cpp/path-injection`, `cpp/cgi-xss`, `cpp/sql-injection`, `cpp/uncontrolled-process-operation`,
-`cpp/unbounded-write`, `cpp/tainted-format-string`, `cpp/tainted-format-string-through-global`,
-`cpp/uncontrolled-arithmetic`, `cpp/uncontrolled-allocation-size`, `cpp/user-controlled-bypass`,
-`cpp/cleartext-storage-buffer`, `cpp/tainted-permissions-check`).
-These queries now have more precise results and also offer _path explanations_ so you can explore the results easily.
-There is a performance cost to this, and the LGTM query suite will overall run slower than before.
-
-| **Query**                  | **Expected impact**    | **Change**                                                       |
-|----------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| Boost\_asio TLS Settings Misconfiguration (`cpp/boost/tls-settings-misconfiguration`) | Query id change | The identifier was updated to use dashes in place of underscores (previous identifier `cpp/boost/tls_settings_misconfiguration`). |
-| Buffer not sufficient for string (`cpp/overflow-calculated`) | More true positive results | This query now identifies a wider variety of buffer allocations using the `semmle.code.cpp.models.interfaces.Allocation` library. |
-| Hard-coded Japanese era start date (`cpp/japanese-era/exact-era-date`) |  | This query is no longer run on LGTM. |
-| Memory is never freed (`cpp/memory-never-freed`) | More true positive results | This query now identifies a wider variety of buffer allocations using the `semmle.code.cpp.models.interfaces.Allocation` library. |
-| Memory may not be freed (`cpp/memory-may-not-be-freed`) | More true positive results | This query now identifies a wider variety of buffer allocations using the `semmle.code.cpp.models.interfaces.Allocation` library. |
-| Mismatching new/free or malloc/delete (`cpp/new-free-mismatch`) | Fewer false positive results | Improved handling of template code gives greater precision. |
-| Missing return statement (`cpp/missing-return`) | Fewer false positive results and more accurate locations | Functions containing `asm` statements are no longer highlighted by this query. The locations reported by this query are now more accurate in some cases. |
-| No space for zero terminator (`cpp/no-space-for-terminator`) | More results with greater precision | The query gives more precise results for a wider variety of buffer allocations. String arguments to formatting functions are now (usually) expected to be null terminated strings. Use of the `semmle.code.cpp.models.interfaces.Allocation` library identifies problems with a wider variety of buffer allocations. This query is also more conservative when identifying which pointers point to null-terminated strings. |
-| Overflow in uncontrolled allocation size (`cpp/uncontrolled-allocation-size`) | Fewer false positive results | The query now produces fewer, more accurate results. Cases where the tainted allocation size is range checked are more reliably excluded. |
-| Overloaded assignment does not return 'this' (`cpp/assignment-does-not-return-this`) | Fewer false positive results | This query no longer reports incorrect results in template classes. |
-| Pointer overflow check (`cpp/pointer-overflow-check`),<br> Possibly wrong buffer size in string copy (`cpp/bad-strncpy-size`),<br> Signed overflow check (`cpp/signed-overflow-check`) | More correct results | A new library is used for determining which expressions have identical value, giving more precise results. There is a performance cost to this, and the LGTM suite will overall run slower than before. |
-| Unsafe array for days of the year (`cpp/leap-year/unsafe-array-for-days-of-the-year`) |  | This query is no longer run on LGTM. |
-| Unsigned comparison to zero (`cpp/unsigned-comparison-zero`) | More correct results | This query now also looks for comparisons of the form `0 <= x`. |
-
-## Changes to libraries
-
-* The built-in C++20 "spaceship operator" (`<=>`) is now supported via the QL
-  class `SpaceshipExpr`. Overloaded forms are modeled as calls to functions
-  named `operator<=>`.
-* The data-flow library (`semmle.code.cpp.dataflow.DataFlow` and
-  `semmle.code.cpp.dataflow.TaintTracking`) has been improved, which affects
-  and improves some security queries. The improvements are:
-    - Track flow through functions that combine taint tracking with flow through fields.
-    - Track flow through clone-like functions, that is, functions that read contents of a field from a
-      parameter and stores the value in the field of a returned object.
-* The security pack taint tracking library
-  (`semmle.code.cpp.security.TaintTracking`) uses a new intermediate
-  representation. This provides a more precise analysis of flow through
-  parameters and pointers. For new queries, however, we continue to recommend
-  using `semmle.code.cpp.dataflow.TaintTracking`.
-* The global value numbering library
-  (`semmle.code.cpp.valuenumbering.GlobalValueNumbering`) uses a new
-  intermediate representation to provide a more precise analysis of
-  heap-allocated memory and pointers to stack variables.
-* New libraries have been created to provide a more consistent and useful interface
-  for modeling allocation and deallocation. These replace the old
-  `semmle.code.cpp.commons.Alloc` library.
-    * The new `semmle.code.cpp.models.interfaces.Allocation` library models
-      allocations, such as `new` expressions and calls to `malloc`.
-    * The new `semmle.code.cpp.models.interfaces.Deallocation` library
-      models deallocations, such as `delete` expressions and calls to `free`.
-    * The predicate `freeCall` in `semmle.code.cpp.commons.Alloc` has been
-      deprecated. The `Allocation` and `Deallocation` models in
-      `semmle.code.cpp.models.interfaces` should be used instead.
-* The new class `StackVariable` should be used in place of `LocalScopeVariable`
-  in most cases. The difference is that `StackVariable` does not include
-  variables declared with `static` or `thread_local`.
-    * As a rule of thumb, custom queries about the _values_ of variables should
-      be changed from `LocalScopeVariable` to `StackVariable`, while queries
-      about the _name or scope_ of variables should remain unchanged.
-    * The `LocalScopeVariableReachability` library is deprecated in favor of
-      `StackVariableReachability`. The functionality is the same.
-* Taint tracking and data flow now features better modeling of commonly-used
-  library functions:
-    * `gets` and similar functions,
-    * the most common operations on `std::string`,
-    * `strdup` and similar functions, and
-    * formatting functions such as `sprintf`.

change-notes/1.24/analysis-csharp.md

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-# Improvements to C# analysis
-
-The following changes in version 1.24 affect C# analysis in all applications.
-
-## General improvements
-
-You can now suppress alerts using either single-line block comments (`/* ... */`) or line comments (`// ...`).
-
-## New queries
-
-| **Query**                   | **Tags**  | **Purpose**                                                        |
-|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| Assembly path injection (`cs/assembly-path-injection`) | security, external/cwe/cwe-114 | Finds user-controlled data used to load an assembly. Results are shown on LGTM by default. |
-| Insecure configuration for ASP.NET requestValidationMode (`cs/insecure-request-validation-mode`) | security, external/cwe/cwe-016 | Finds where this attribute has been set to a value less than 4.5, which turns off some validation features and makes the application less secure. By default, the query is not run on LGTM. |
-| Insecure SQL connection (`cs/insecure-sql-connection`) | security, external/cwe/cwe-327 | Finds unencrypted SQL connection strings. Results are not shown on LGTM by default. |
-| Page request validation is disabled (`cs/web/request-validation-disabled`) | security, frameworks/asp.net, external/cwe/cwe-016 | Finds where ASP.NET page request validation has been disabled, which could make the application less secure. By default, the query is not run on LGTM. |
-| Serialization check bypass (`cs/serialization-check-bypass`) | security, external/cwe/cwe-20 | Finds where data is not validated in a deserialization method. Results are not shown on LGTM by default. |
-| XML injection (`cs/xml-injection`) | security, external/cwe/cwe-091 | Finds user-controlled data that is used to write directly to an XML document. Results are shown on LGTM by default. |
-
-## Changes to existing queries
-
-| **Query**                    | **Expected impact**    | **Change**                        |
-|------------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------------------|
-| Dereferenced variable may be null (`cs/dereferenced-value-may-be-null`) | More results | Results are reported from parameters with a default value of `null`. |
-| Information exposure through an exception (`cs/information-exposure-through-exception`) | More results | The query now recognizes writes to cookies, writes to ASP.NET (`Inner`)`Text` properties, and email contents as additional sinks. |
-| Information exposure through transmitted data (`cs/sensitive-data-transmission`) | More results | The query now recognizes writes to cookies and writes to ASP.NET (`Inner`)`Text` properties as additional sinks. |
-| Potentially dangerous use of non-short-circuit logic (`cs/non-short-circuit`) | Fewer false positive results | Results have been removed when the expression contains an `out` parameter. |
-| Useless assignment to local variable (`cs/useless-assignment-to-local`) | Fewer false positive results | Results have been removed when the value assigned is an (implicitly or explicitly) cast default-like value. For example, `var s = (string)null` and `string s = default`. Results have also been removed when the variable is named `_` in a `foreach` statement. | 
-| XPath injection (`cs/xml/xpath-injection`) | More results | The query now recognizes calls to methods on `System.Xml.XPath.XPathNavigator` objects. |
-
-## Changes to code extraction
-
-* Tuple expressions, for example `(int,bool)` in `default((int,bool))` are now extracted correctly.
-* Expression nullability flow state is extracted.
-* Implicitly typed `stackalloc` expressions are now extracted correctly.
-* The difference between `stackalloc` array creations and normal array creations is extracted.
-
-## Changes to libraries
-
-* The data-flow library has been improved, which affects and improves most security queries. The improvements are:
-    - Track flow through methods that combine taint tracking with flow through fields.
-    - Track flow through clone-like methods, that is, methods that read the contents of a field from a
-      parameter and store the value in the field of a returned object.
-* The taint tracking library now tracks flow through (implicit or explicit) conversion operator calls.
-* [Code contracts](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/debug-trace-profile/code-contracts) are now recognized, and are treated like any other assertion methods.
-* Expression nullability flow state is given by the predicates `Expr.hasNotNullFlowState()` and `Expr.hasMaybeNullFlowState()`.
-* `stackalloc` array creations are now represented by the QL class `Stackalloc`. Previously they were represented by the class `ArrayCreation`.
-* A new class `RemoteFlowSink` has been added to model sinks where data might be exposed to external users. Examples include web page output, emails, and cookies.

change-notes/1.24/analysis-java.md

@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-# Improvements to Java analysis
-
-The following changes in version 1.24 affect Java analysis in all applications.
-
-## General improvements
-
-* You can now suppress alerts using either single-line block comments (`/* ... */`) or line comments (`// ...`).
-* A `Customizations.qll` file has been added to allow customizations of the standard library that apply to all queries.
-
-## New queries
-
-| **Query**                   | **Tags**  | **Purpose**                                                        |
-|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| Disabled Spring CSRF protection (`java/spring-disabled-csrf-protection`) | security, external/cwe/cwe-352 | Finds disabled Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) protection in Spring. Results are shown on LGTM by default. |
-| Failure to use HTTPS or SFTP URL in Maven artifact upload/download (`java/maven/non-https-url`) | security, external/cwe/cwe-300, external/cwe/cwe-319, external/cwe/cwe-494, external/cwe/cwe-829 | Finds use of insecure protocols during Maven dependency resolution. Results are shown on LGTM by default. |
-| LDAP query built from user-controlled sources (`java/ldap-injection`) | security, external/cwe/cwe-090 | Finds LDAP queries vulnerable to injection of unsanitized user-controlled input. Results are shown on LGTM by default. |
-| Left shift by more than the type width (`java/lshift-larger-than-type-width`) | correctness | Finds left shifts of ints by 32 bits or more and left shifts of longs by 64 bits or more. Results are shown on LGTM by default. |
-| Suspicious date format (`java/suspicious-date-format`) | correctness | Finds date format patterns that use placeholders that are likely to be incorrect. Results are shown on LGTM by default. |
-
-## Changes to existing queries
-
-| **Query**                    | **Expected impact**    | **Change**                        |
-|------------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------------------|
-| Dereferenced variable may be null (`java/dereferenced-value-may-be-null`) | Fewer false positive results | Final fields with a non-null initializer are no longer reported. |
-| Expression always evaluates to the same value (`java/evaluation-to-constant`) | Fewer false positive results | Expressions of the form `0 * x` are usually intended and no longer reported. Also left shift of ints by 32 bits and longs by 64 bits are no longer reported as they are not constant, these results are instead reported by the new query `java/lshift-larger-than-type-width`. |
-| Useless null check (`java/useless-null-check`) | More true positive results | Useless checks on final fields with a non-null initializer are now reported. |
-
-## Changes to libraries
-
-* The data-flow library has been improved, which affects and improves most security queries. The improvements are:
-    - Track flow through methods that combine taint tracking with flow through fields.
-    - Track flow through clone-like methods, that is, methods that read contents of a field from a
-      parameter and stores the value in the field of a returned object.
-* Identification of test classes has been improved. Previously, one of the
-  match conditions would classify any class with a name containing the string
-  "Test" as a test class, but now this matching has been replaced with one that
-  looks for the occurrence of actual unit-test annotations. This affects the
-  general file classification mechanism and thus suppression of alerts, and
-  also any security queries using taint tracking, as test classes act as
-  default barriers stopping taint flow.
-* Parentheses are now no longer modeled directly in the AST, that is, the
-  `ParExpr` class is empty. Instead, a parenthesized expression can be
-  identified with the `Expr.isParenthesized()` member predicate.

change-notes/1.24/analysis-javascript.md

@@ -1,100 +0,0 @@
-# Improvements to JavaScript analysis
-
-## General improvements
-
-* TypeScript 3.8 is now supported.
-
-* You can now suppress alerts using either single-line block comments (`/* ... */`) or line comments (`// ...`).
-
-* Resolution of imports has improved, leading to more results from the security queries:
-    - Imports with the `.js` extension can now be resolved to a TypeScript file,
-      when the import refers to a file generated by TypeScript.
-    - Imports that rely on path-mappings from a `tsconfig.json` file can now be resolved.
-    - Export declarations of the form `export * as ns from "x"` are now analyzed more precisely.
-
-* The analysis of sanitizers has improved, leading to more accurate results from the security queries.
-  In particular:
-    - Sanitizer guards now act across function boundaries in more cases.
-    - Sanitizers can now better distinguish between a tainted value and an object _containing_ a tainted value.
-
-* Call graph construction has been improved, leading to more results from the security queries:
-    - Calls can now be resolved to indirectly-defined class members in more cases.
-    - Calls through partial invocations such as `.bind` can now be resolved in more cases.
-
-* Support for flow summaries has been more clearly marked as being experimental and moved to the new `experimental` folder.
-
-* Support for the following frameworks and libraries has been improved:
-    - [chrome-remote-interface](https://www.npmjs.com/package/chrome-remote-interface)
-    - [Electron](https://electronjs.org/)
-    - [for-in](https://www.npmjs.com/package/for-in)
-    - [for-own](https://www.npmjs.com/package/for-own)
-    - [fstream](https://www.npmjs.com/package/fstream)
-    - [Handlebars](https://www.npmjs.com/package/handlebars)
-    - [http2](https://nodejs.org/api/http2.html)
-    - [jQuery](https://jquery.com/)
-    - [jsonfile](https://www.npmjs.com/package/jsonfile)
-    - [Koa](https://www.npmjs.com/package/koa)
-    - [lazy-cache](https://www.npmjs.com/package/lazy-cache)
-    - [mongodb](https://www.npmjs.com/package/mongodb)
-    - [ncp](https://www.npmjs.com/package/ncp)
-    - [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/)
-    - [node-dir](https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-dir)
-    - [path-exists](https://www.npmjs.com/package/path-exists)
-    - [pg](https://www.npmjs.com/package/pg)
-    - [react](https://www.npmjs.com/package/react)
-    - [recursive-readdir](https://www.npmjs.com/package/recursive-readdir)
-    - [request](https://www.npmjs.com/package/request)
-    - [rimraf](https://www.npmjs.com/package/rimraf)
-    - [send](https://www.npmjs.com/package/send)
-    - [Socket.IO](https://socket.io/)
-    - [SockJS](https://www.npmjs.com/package/sockjs)
-    - [SockJS-client](https://www.npmjs.com/package/sockjs-client)
-    - [typeahead.js](https://www.npmjs.com/package/typeahead.js)
-    - [vinyl-fs](https://www.npmjs.com/package/vinyl-fs)
-    - [WebSocket](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebSockets_API)
-    - [write-file-atomic](https://www.npmjs.com/package/write-file-atomic)
-    - [ws](https://github.com/websockets/ws)
-
-
-## New queries
-
-| **Query**                                                                       | **Tags**                                                          | **Purpose**                                                                                                                                                                            |
-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| Cross-site scripting through exception (`js/xss-through-exception`) | security, external/cwe/cwe-079, external/cwe/cwe-116              | Highlights potential XSS vulnerabilities where an exception is written to the DOM. Results are not shown on LGTM by default. |
-| Missing await (`js/missing-await`) | correctness | Highlights expressions that operate directly on a promise object in a nonsensical way, instead of awaiting its result. Results are shown on LGTM by default. |
-| Polynomial regular expression used on uncontrolled data (`js/polynomial-redos`) | security, external/cwe/cwe-730, external/cwe/cwe-400 | Highlights expensive regular expressions that may be used on malicious input. Results are shown on LGTM by default. | 
-| Prototype pollution in utility function (`js/prototype-pollution-utility`) | security, external/cwe/cwe-400, external/cwe/cwe-471 | Highlights recursive assignment operations that are susceptible to prototype pollution. Results are shown on LGTM by default. |
-| Regular expression always matches (`js/regex/always-matches`) | correctness, regular-expressions | Highlights regular expression checks that trivially succeed by matching an empty substring. Results are shown on LGTM by default. |
-| Unsafe jQuery plugin (`js/unsafe-jquery-plugin`) | | Highlights potential XSS vulnerabilities in unsafely designed jQuery plugins. Results are shown on LGTM by default. |
-| Unnecessary use of `cat` process (`js/unnecessary-use-of-cat`) | correctness, security, maintainability | Highlights command executions of `cat` where the fs API should be used instead. Results are shown on LGTM by default. |
-
-
-## Changes to existing queries
-
-| **Query**                      | **Expected impact**          | **Change**                                                                |
-|--------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| Clear-text logging of sensitive information (`js/clear-text-logging`) | More results | More results involving `process.env` and indirect calls to logging methods are recognized. |
-| Duplicate parameter names (`js/duplicate-parameter-name`) | Fewer results | This query now ignores additional parameters that reasonably can have duplicated names. |
-| Expression has no effect (`js/useless-expression`) | Fewer false positive results | The query now recognizes block-level flow type annotations and ignores the first statement of a try block. |
-| Identical operands (`js/redundant-operation`) | Fewer results | This query now excludes cases where the operands change a value using ++/-- expressions. |
-| Incomplete string escaping or encoding (`js/incomplete-sanitization`) | Fewer false positive results | This query now recognizes and excludes additional cases where a single replacement is likely to be intentional. |
-| Incomplete URL scheme check (`js/incomplete-url-scheme-check`) | More results | This query now recognizes additional variations of URL scheme checks. |
-| Missing CSRF middleware (`js/missing-token-validation`) | Fewer false positive results | The query reports fewer duplicates and only flags handlers that explicitly access cookie data. |
-| Superfluous trailing arguments (`js/superfluous-trailing-arguments`) | Fewer results | This query now excludes cases where a function uses the `Function.arguments` value to process a variable number of parameters. |
-| Syntax error (`js/syntax-error`) | Lower severity | This results of this query are now displayed with lower severity. |
-| Unbound event handler receiver (`js/unbound-event-handler-receiver`) | Fewer false positive results | This query now recognizes additional ways event handler receivers can be bound. |
-| Uncontrolled command line (`js/command-line-injection`) | More results | This query now recognizes additional ways of constructing arguments to `cmd.exe` and `/bin/sh`. |
-| Uncontrolled data used in path expression (`js/path-injection`) | More results | This query now recognizes additional ways dangerous paths can be constructed and used. |
-| Use of call stack introspection in strict mode (`js/strict-mode-call-stack-introspection`) | Fewer false positive results | The query no longer flags expression statements. |
-| Use of password hash with insufficient computational effort (`js/insufficient-password-hash`) | Fewer false positive results | This query now recognizes and excludes additional cases that do not require secure hashing. |
-| Useless regular-expression character escape (`js/useless-regexp-character-escape`) | Fewer false positive results | This query now distinguishes between escapes in strings and regular expression literals. |
-
-## Changes to libraries
-
-* The predicates `RegExpTerm.getSuccessor` and `RegExpTerm.getPredecessor` have been changed to reflect textual, not operational, matching order. This only makes a difference in lookbehind assertions, which are operationally matched backwards. Previously, `getSuccessor` would mimick this, so in an assertion `(?<=ab)` the term `b` would be considered the predecessor, not the successor, of `a`. Textually, however, `a` is still matched before `b`, and this is the order we now follow.
-* An extensible model of the `EventEmitter` pattern has been implemented.
-* Taint-tracking configurations now interact differently with the `data` flow label, which may affect queries
-  that combine taint-tracking and flow labels.
-    - Sources added by the 1-argument `isSource` predicate are associated with the `taint` label now, instead of the `data` label.
-    - Sanitizers now only block the `taint` label. As a result, sanitizers no longer block the flow of tainted values wrapped inside a property of an object.
-      To retain the old behavior, instead use a barrier, or block the `data` flow label using a labeled sanitizer.

change-notes/1.24/analysis-python.md

@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-# Improvements to Python analysis
-
-The following changes in version 1.24 affect Python analysis in all applications.
-
-## General improvements
-
-- Support for Django version 2.x and 3.x
-
-- Taint tracking now correctly tracks taint in destructuring assignments. For example, if `tainted_list` is a list of tainted tainted elements, then
-    ```python
-    head, *tail = tainted_list
-    ```
-    will result in `tail` being tainted with the same taint as `tainted_list`, and `head` being tainted with the taint of the elements of `tainted_list`.
-
-- A large number of libraries and queries have been moved to the new `Value` API, which should result in more precise results.
-
-- The `Value` interface has been extended in various ways:
-   - A new `StringValue` class has been added, for tracking string literals.
-   - Values now have a `booleanValue` method which returns the boolean interpretation of the given value.
-   - Built-in methods for which the return type is not fixed are now modeled as returning an unknown value by default.
-
-
-## Changes to existing queries
-
-| **Query**                  | **Expected impact**    | **Change**                                                       |
-|----------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| Arbitrary file write during tarfile extraction (`py/tarslip`) | Fewer false negative results | Negations are now handled correctly in conditional expressions that may sanitize tainted values. |
-| First parameter of a method is not named 'self' (`py/not-named-self`) | Fewer false positive results | `__class_getitem__` is now recognized as a class method. |
-| Import of deprecated module (`py/import-deprecated-module`) | Fewer false positive results | Deprecated modules that are used to provide backwards compatibility are no longer reported.|
-| Module imports itself (`py/import-own-module`) | Fewer false positive results | Imports local to a given package are no longer classified as self-imports. |
-| Uncontrolled command line (`py/command-line-injection`) | More results | We now model the `fabric` and `invoke` packages for command execution. |
-
-### Web framework support
-
-The CodeQL library has improved support for the web frameworks: Bottle, CherryPy, Falcon, Pyramid, TurboGears, Tornado, and Twisted. They now provide a proper `HttpRequestTaintSource`, instead of a `TaintSource`. This will enable results for the following queries:
-
-- `py/path-injection`
-- `py/command-line-injection`
-- `py/reflective-xss`
-- `py/sql-injection`
-- `py/code-injection`
-- `py/unsafe-deserialization`
-- `py/url-redirection`
-
-The library also has improved support for the web framework Twisted. It now provides a proper
-`HttpResponseTaintSink`, instead of a `TaintSink`. This will enable results for the following
-queries:
-
-- `py/reflective-xss`
-- `py/stack-trace-exposure`
-
-## Changes to libraries
-### Taint tracking
-- The `urlsplit` and `urlparse` functions now propagate taint appropriately.
-- HTTP requests using the `requests` library are now modeled.

change-notes/1.24/extractor-javascript.md

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-[[ condition: enterprise-only ]]
-
-# Improvements to JavaScript analysis
-
-## Changes to code extraction
-
-* `import.meta` expressions no longer result in a syntax error in JavaScript files.

config/identical-files.json

@@ -39,12 +39,6 @@
     "java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/dataflow/internal/tainttracking1/TaintTrackingImpl.qll",
     "java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/dataflow/internal/tainttracking2/TaintTrackingImpl.qll"
   ],
-  "DataFlow Java/C++/C# Consistency checks": [
-    "java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/dataflow/internal/DataFlowImplConsistency.qll",
-    "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/dataflow/internal/DataFlowImplConsistency.qll",
-    "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/dataflow/internal/DataFlowImplConsistency.qll",
-    "csharp/ql/src/semmle/code/csharp/dataflow/internal/DataFlowImplConsistency.qll"
-  ],
   "C++ SubBasicBlocks": [
     "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/controlflow/SubBasicBlocks.qll",
     "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/dataflow/internal/SubBasicBlocks.qll"
@@ -88,14 +82,6 @@
     "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/IRType.qll",
     "csharp/ql/src/semmle/code/csharp/ir/implementation/IRType.qll"
   ],
-  "IR IRConfiguration": [
-    "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/IRConfiguration.qll",
-    "csharp/ql/src/semmle/code/csharp/ir/implementation/IRConfiguration.qll"
-  ],
-  "IR UseSoundEscapeAnalysis": [
-    "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/UseSoundEscapeAnalysis.qll",
-    "csharp/ql/src/semmle/code/csharp/ir/implementation/UseSoundEscapeAnalysis.qll"
-  ],
   "IR Operand Tag": [
     "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/internal/OperandTag.qll",
     "csharp/ql/src/semmle/code/csharp/ir/implementation/internal/OperandTag.qll"
@@ -157,11 +143,6 @@
     "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/Opcode.qll",
     "csharp/ql/src/semmle/code/csharp/ir/implementation/Opcode.qll"
   ],
-  "IR SSASanity": [
-    "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/unaliased_ssa/internal/SSASanity.qll",
-    "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/aliased_ssa/internal/SSASanity.qll",
-    "csharp/ql/src/semmle/code/csharp/ir/implementation/unaliased_ssa/internal/SSASanity.qll"
-  ],
   "C++ IR InstructionImports": [
     "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/raw/internal/InstructionImports.qll",
     "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/unaliased_ssa/internal/InstructionImports.qll",
@@ -196,14 +177,9 @@
     "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/unaliased_ssa/internal/SSAConstructionImports.qll",
     "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/aliased_ssa/internal/SSAConstructionImports.qll"
   ],
-  "SSA AliasAnalysis": [
+  "C++ SSA AliasAnalysis": [
     "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/unaliased_ssa/internal/AliasAnalysis.qll",
-    "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/aliased_ssa/internal/AliasAnalysis.qll",
-    "csharp/ql/src/semmle/code/csharp/ir/implementation/unaliased_ssa/internal/AliasAnalysis.qll"
-  ],
-  "C++ SSA AliasAnalysisImports": [
-    "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/unaliased_ssa/internal/AliasAnalysisImports.qll",
-    "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/aliased_ssa/internal/AliasAnalysisImports.qll"
+    "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/aliased_ssa/internal/AliasAnalysis.qll"
   ],
   "C++ IR ValueNumberingImports": [
     "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/raw/gvn/internal/ValueNumberingImports.qll",
@@ -214,10 +190,6 @@
     "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/unaliased_ssa/internal/SimpleSSA.qll",
     "csharp/ql/src/semmle/code/csharp/ir/implementation/unaliased_ssa/internal/SimpleSSA.qll"
   ],
-  "IR AliasConfiguration (unaliased_ssa)": [
-    "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/unaliased_ssa/internal/AliasConfiguration.qll",
-    "csharp/ql/src/semmle/code/csharp/ir/implementation/unaliased_ssa/internal/AliasConfiguration.qll"
-  ],
   "IR SSA SSAConstruction": [
     "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/unaliased_ssa/internal/SSAConstruction.qll",
     "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/aliased_ssa/internal/SSAConstruction.qll",
@@ -228,27 +200,13 @@
     "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/aliased_ssa/internal/PrintSSA.qll",
     "csharp/ql/src/semmle/code/csharp/ir/implementation/unaliased_ssa/internal/PrintSSA.qll"
   ],
-  "IR ValueNumberInternal": [
-    "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/raw/gvn/internal/ValueNumberingInternal.qll",
-    "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/unaliased_ssa/gvn/internal/ValueNumberingInternal.qll",
-    "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/aliased_ssa/gvn/internal/ValueNumberingInternal.qll",
-    "csharp/ql/src/semmle/code/csharp/ir/implementation/raw/gvn/internal/ValueNumberingInternal.qll",
-    "csharp/ql/src/semmle/code/csharp/ir/implementation/unaliased_ssa/gvn/internal/ValueNumberingInternal.qll"
-  ],
-  "C++ IR ValueNumber": [
+  "IR ValueNumber": [
     "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/raw/gvn/ValueNumbering.qll",
     "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/unaliased_ssa/gvn/ValueNumbering.qll",
     "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/aliased_ssa/gvn/ValueNumbering.qll",
     "csharp/ql/src/semmle/code/csharp/ir/implementation/raw/gvn/ValueNumbering.qll",
     "csharp/ql/src/semmle/code/csharp/ir/implementation/unaliased_ssa/gvn/ValueNumbering.qll"
   ],
-  "C++ IR PrintValueNumbering": [
-    "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/raw/gvn/PrintValueNumbering.qll",
-    "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/unaliased_ssa/gvn/PrintValueNumbering.qll",
-    "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/aliased_ssa/gvn/PrintValueNumbering.qll",
-    "csharp/ql/src/semmle/code/csharp/ir/implementation/raw/gvn/PrintValueNumbering.qll",
-    "csharp/ql/src/semmle/code/csharp/ir/implementation/unaliased_ssa/gvn/PrintValueNumbering.qll"
-  ],
   "C++ IR ConstantAnalysis": [
     "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/raw/constant/ConstantAnalysis.qll",
     "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/unaliased_ssa/constant/ConstantAnalysis.qll",
@@ -302,12 +260,5 @@
   "C# IR ValueNumberingImports": [
     "csharp/ql/src/semmle/code/csharp/ir/implementation/raw/gvn/internal/ValueNumberingImports.qll",
     "csharp/ql/src/semmle/code/csharp/ir/implementation/unaliased_ssa/gvn/internal/ValueNumberingImports.qll"
-  ],
-  "XML": [
-    "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/XML.qll",
-    "csharp/ql/src/semmle/code/csharp/XML.qll",
-    "java/ql/src/semmle/code/xml/XML.qll",
-    "javascript/ql/src/semmle/javascript/XML.qll",
-    "python/ql/src/semmle/python/xml/XML.qll"
   ]
 }

config/sync-files.py

@@ -1,140 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-
-# Due to various technical limitations, we sometimes have files that need to be
-# kept identical in the repository. This script loads a database of such
-# files and can perform two functions: check whether they are still identical,
-# and overwrite the others with a master copy if needed.
-
-import hashlib
-import shutil
-import os
-import sys
-import json
-import re
-path = os.path
-
-file_groups = {}
-
-def add_prefix(prefix, relative):
-    result = path.join(prefix, relative)
-    if path.commonprefix((path.realpath(result), path.realpath(prefix))) != \
-            path.realpath(prefix):
-        raise Exception("Path {} is not below {}".format(
-            result, prefix))
-    return result
-
-def load_if_exists(prefix, json_file_relative):
-    json_file_name = path.join(prefix, json_file_relative)
-    if path.isfile(json_file_name):
-        print("Loading file groups from", json_file_name)
-        with open(json_file_name, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as fp:
-            raw_groups = json.load(fp)
-        prefixed_groups = {
-                name: [
-                    add_prefix(prefix, relative)
-                    for relative in relatives
-                ]
-                for name, relatives in raw_groups.items()
-            }
-        file_groups.update(prefixed_groups)
-
-# Generates a list of C# test files that should be in sync
-def csharp_test_files():
-    test_file_re = re.compile('.*(Bad|Good)[0-9]*\\.cs$')
-    csharp_doc_files = {
-        file:os.path.join(root, file)
-            for root, dirs, files in os.walk("csharp/ql/src")
-            for file in files
-            if test_file_re.match(file)
-    }
-    return {
-        "C# test '" + file + "'" : [os.path.join(root, file), csharp_doc_files[file]]
-            for root, dirs, files in os.walk("csharp/ql/test")
-            for file in files
-            if file in csharp_doc_files
-    }
-
-def file_checksum(filename):
-    with open(filename, 'rb') as file_handle:
-        return hashlib.sha1(file_handle.read()).hexdigest()
-
-def check_group(group_name, files, master_file_picker, emit_error):
-    checksums = {file_checksum(f) for f in files}
-
-    if len(checksums) == 1:
-        return
-
-    master_file = master_file_picker(files)
-    if master_file is None:
-        emit_error(__file__, 0,
-                "Files from group '"+ group_name +"' not in sync.")
-        emit_error(__file__, 0,
-                "Run this script with a file-name argument among the "
-                "following to overwrite the remaining files with the contents "
-                "of that file or run with the --latest switch to update each "
-                "group of files from the most recently modified file in the group.")
-        for filename in files:
-            emit_error(__file__, 0, "    " + filename)
-    else:
-        print("  Syncing others from", master_file)
-        for filename in files:
-            if filename == master_file:
-                continue
-            print("    " + filename)
-            os.replace(filename, filename + '~')
-            shutil.copy(master_file, filename)
-        print("  Backups written with '~' appended to file names")
-
-def chdir_repo_root():
-    root_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), '..')
-    os.chdir(root_path)
-
-def choose_master_file(master_file, files):
-    if master_file in files:
-        return master_file
-    else:
-        return None
-
-def choose_latest_file(files):
-    latest_time = None
-    latest_file = None
-    for filename in files:
-        file_time = os.path.getmtime(filename)
-        if (latest_time is None) or (latest_time < file_time):
-            latest_time = file_time
-            latest_file = filename
-    return latest_file
-
-local_error_count = 0
-def emit_local_error(path, line, error):
-    print('ERROR: ' + path + ':' + line + " - " + error)
-    global local_error_count
-    local_error_count += 1
-
-# This function is invoked directly by a CI script, which passes a different error-handling
-# callback.
-def sync_identical_files(emit_error):
-    if len(sys.argv) == 1:
-        master_file_picker = lambda files: None
-    elif len(sys.argv) == 2:
-        if sys.argv[1] == "--latest":
-            master_file_picker = choose_latest_file
-        elif os.path.isfile(sys.argv[1]):
-            master_file_picker = lambda files: choose_master_file(sys.argv[1], files)
-        else:
-            raise Exception("File not found")
-    else:
-        raise Exception("Bad command line or file not found")
-    chdir_repo_root()
-    load_if_exists('.', 'config/identical-files.json')
-    file_groups.update(csharp_test_files())
-    for group_name, files in file_groups.items():
-        check_group(group_name, files, master_file_picker, emit_error)
-
-def main():
-    sync_identical_files(emit_local_error)
-    if local_error_count > 0:
-        exit(1)
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()

cpp/config/suites/c/correctness

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 + semmlecode-cpp-queries/Likely Bugs/Likely Typos/ExprHasNoEffect.ql: /Correctness/Common Errors
 + semmlecode-cpp-queries/Likely Bugs/Underspecified Functions/TooFewArguments.ql: /Correctness/Common Errors
 + semmlecode-cpp-queries/Likely Bugs/Underspecified Functions/TooManyArguments.ql: /Correctness/Common Errors
-+ semmlecode-cpp-queries/Likely Bugs/Underspecified Functions/ImplicitFunctionDeclaration.ql: /Correctness/Common Errors
 + semmlecode-cpp-queries/Likely Bugs/Likely Typos/ShortCircuitBitMask.ql: /Correctness/Common Errors
 + semmlecode-cpp-queries/Likely Bugs/Likely Typos/MissingEnumCaseInSwitch.ql: /Correctness/Common Errors
 + semmlecode-cpp-queries/Likely Bugs/Arithmetic/FloatComparison.ql: /Correctness/Common Errors

cpp/config/suites/cpp/correctness

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 + semmlecode-cpp-queries/Likely Bugs/Likely Typos/ExprHasNoEffect.ql: /Correctness/Common Errors
 + semmlecode-cpp-queries/Likely Bugs/Underspecified Functions/TooFewArguments.ql: /Correctness/Common Errors
 + semmlecode-cpp-queries/Likely Bugs/Underspecified Functions/TooManyArguments.ql: /Correctness/Common Errors
-+ semmlecode-cpp-queries/Likely Bugs/Underspecified Functions/ImplicitFunctionDeclaration.ql: /Correctness/Common Errors
 + semmlecode-cpp-queries/Likely Bugs/Likely Typos/ShortCircuitBitMask.ql: /Correctness/Common Errors
 + semmlecode-cpp-queries/Likely Bugs/Likely Typos/MissingEnumCaseInSwitch.ql: /Correctness/Common Errors
 + semmlecode-cpp-queries/Likely Bugs/Arithmetic/FloatComparison.ql: /Correctness/Common Errors

cpp/ql/src/AlertSuppression.ql

@@ -10,25 +10,12 @@ import cpp
 /**
  * An alert suppression comment.
  */
-class SuppressionComment extends Comment {
+class SuppressionComment extends CppStyleComment {
   string annotation;
   string text;
 
   SuppressionComment() {
-    (
-      this instanceof CppStyleComment and
-      // strip the beginning slashes
-      text = getContents().suffix(2)
-      or
-      this instanceof CStyleComment and
-      // strip both the beginning /* and the end */ the comment
-      exists(string text0 |
-        text0 = getContents().suffix(2) and
-        text = text0.prefix(text0.length() - 2)
-      ) and
-      // The /* */ comment must be a single-line comment
-      not text.matches("%\n%")
-    ) and
+    text = getContents().suffix(2) and
     (
       // match `lgtm[...]` anywhere in the comment
       annotation = text.regexpFind("(?i)\\blgtm\\s*\\[[^\\]]*\\]", _, _)

cpp/ql/src/Architecture/FeatureEnvy.ql

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * @description A function that uses more functions and variables from another file than functions and variables from its own file. This function might be better placed in the other file, to avoid exposing internals of the file it depends on.
  * @kind problem
  * @problem.severity recommendation
- * @precision medium
+ * @precision high
  * @id cpp/feature-envy
  * @tags maintainability
  *       modularity
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ predicate functionUsesFunction(Function source, Function f, File target) {
 }
 
 predicate dependencyCount(Function source, File target, int res) {
-  res =
-    strictcount(Declaration d |
+  res = strictcount(Declaration d |
       functionUsesVariable(source, d, target) or
       functionUsesFunction(source, d, target)
     )

cpp/ql/src/Architecture/General Top-Level Information/GeneralStatistics.ql

@@ -38,16 +38,14 @@ where
   n = count(Function f | f.fromSource()).toString()
   or
   l = "Number of Lines Of Code" and
-  n =
-    sum(File f, int toSum |
+  n = sum(File f, int toSum |
       f.fromSource() and toSum = f.getMetrics().getNumberOfLinesOfCode()
     |
       toSum
     ).toString()
   or
   l = "Self-Containedness" and
-  n =
-    (
+  n = (
         100 * sum(Class c | c.fromSource() | c.getMetrics().getEfferentSourceCoupling()) /
           sum(Class c | c.fromSource() | c.getMetrics().getEfferentCoupling())
       ).toString() + "%"

cpp/ql/src/Architecture/InappropriateIntimacy.ql

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * @description Two files share too much information about each other (accessing many operations or variables in both directions). It would be better to invert some of the dependencies to reduce the coupling between the two files.
  * @kind problem
  * @problem.severity recommendation
- * @precision medium
+ * @precision high
  * @id cpp/file-intimacy
  * @tags maintainability
  *       modularity

cpp/ql/src/Architecture/Refactoring Opportunities/ClassesWithManyFields.ql

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * @description Finds classes with many fields; they could probably be refactored by breaking them down into smaller classes, and using composition.
  * @kind problem
  * @problem.severity recommendation
- * @precision medium
+ * @precision high
  * @id cpp/class-many-fields
  * @tags maintainability
  *       statistical
@@ -80,8 +80,11 @@ class VariableDeclarationLine extends TVariableDeclarationInfo {
    * (that is, the first is 0, the second is 1 and so on).
    */
   private int getRank() {
-    line =
-      rank[result](VariableDeclarationLine vdl, int l | vdl = TVariableDeclarationLine(c, f, l) | l)
+    line = rank[result](VariableDeclarationLine vdl, int l |
+        vdl = TVariableDeclarationLine(c, f, l)
+      |
+        l
+      )
   }
 
   /**
@@ -130,8 +133,7 @@ class VariableDeclarationGroup extends VariableDeclarationLine {
    * Gets the number of uniquely named `VariableDeclarationEntry`s in this group.
    */
   int getCount() {
-    result =
-      count(VariableDeclarationLine l |
+    result = count(VariableDeclarationLine l |
         l = getProximateNext*()
       |
         l.getAVDE().getVariable().getName()
@@ -164,8 +166,7 @@ class ExtClass extends Class {
 
 from ExtClass c, int n, VariableDeclarationGroup vdg, string suffix
 where
-  n =
-    strictcount(string fieldName |
+  n = strictcount(string fieldName |
       exists(Field f |
         f.getDeclaringType() = c and
         fieldName = f.getName() and

cpp/ql/src/Best Practices/Likely Errors/EmptyBlock.ql

@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ class BlockOrNonChild extends Element {
 
   private int getNonContiguousStartRankIn(AffectedFile file) {
     // When using `rank` with `order by`, the ranks may not be contiguous.
-    this =
-      rank[result](BlockOrNonChild boc, int startLine, int startCol |
+    this = rank[result](BlockOrNonChild boc, int startLine, int startCol |
         boc.getLocation().hasLocationInfo(file.getAbsolutePath(), startLine, startCol, _, _)
       |
         boc order by startLine, startCol
@@ -59,15 +58,13 @@ class BlockOrNonChild extends Element {
   }
 
   int getStartRankIn(AffectedFile file) {
-    this.getNonContiguousStartRankIn(file) =
-      rank[result](int rnk |
+    this.getNonContiguousStartRankIn(file) = rank[result](int rnk |
         exists(BlockOrNonChild boc | boc.getNonContiguousStartRankIn(file) = rnk)
       )
   }
 
   int getNonContiguousEndRankIn(AffectedFile file) {
-    this =
-      rank[result](BlockOrNonChild boc, int endLine, int endCol |
+    this = rank[result](BlockOrNonChild boc, int endLine, int endCol |
         boc.getLocation().hasLocationInfo(file.getAbsolutePath(), _, _, endLine, endCol)
       |
         boc order by endLine, endCol
@@ -82,8 +79,9 @@ predicate emptyBlockContainsNonchild(Block b) {
   emptyBlock(_, b) and
   exists(BlockOrNonChild c, AffectedFile file |
     c.(BlockOrNonChild).getStartRankIn(file) = 1 + b.(BlockOrNonChild).getStartRankIn(file) and
-    c.(BlockOrNonChild).getNonContiguousEndRankIn(file) <
-      b.(BlockOrNonChild).getNonContiguousEndRankIn(file)
+    c.(BlockOrNonChild).getNonContiguousEndRankIn(file) < b
+          .(BlockOrNonChild)
+          .getNonContiguousEndRankIn(file)
   )
 }
 

cpp/ql/src/Best Practices/Magic Constants/JapaneseEraDate.ql

@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@
  * @kind problem
  * @problem.severity warning
  * @id cpp/japanese-era/exact-era-date
- * @precision low
- * @tags maintainability
- *       reliability
+ * @precision medium
+ * @tags reliability
  *       japanese-era
  */
 

cpp/ql/src/Best Practices/Magic Constants/MagicConstants.qll

@@ -307,8 +307,7 @@ predicate nonTrivialValue(string value, Literal literal) {
 }
 
 predicate valueOccurrenceCount(string value, int n) {
-  n =
-    strictcount(Location loc |
+  n = strictcount(Location loc |
       exists(Literal lit | lit.getLocation() = loc | nonTrivialValue(value, lit)) and
       // Exclude generated files (they do not have the same maintainability
       // concerns as ordinary source files)
@@ -339,8 +338,7 @@ predicate check(Literal lit, string value, int n, File f) {
 }
 
 predicate checkWithFileCount(string value, int overallCount, int fileCount, File f) {
-  fileCount =
-    strictcount(Location loc |
+  fileCount = strictcount(Location loc |
       exists(Literal lit | lit.getLocation() = loc | check(lit, value, overallCount, f))
     )
 }
@@ -366,8 +364,7 @@ predicate firstOccurrence(Literal lit, string value, int n) {
 predicate magicConstant(Literal e, string msg) {
   exists(string value, int n |
     firstOccurrence(e, value, n) and
-    msg =
-      "Magic constant: literal '" + value + "' is repeated " + n.toString() +
+    msg = "Magic constant: literal '" + value + "' is repeated " + n.toString() +
         " times and should be encapsulated in a constant."
   )
 }

cpp/ql/src/Best Practices/RuleOfTwo.ql

@@ -28,15 +28,13 @@ import cpp
 // design question and carries has no safety risk.
 predicate generatedCopyAssignment(CopyConstructor cc, string msg) {
   cc.getDeclaringType().hasImplicitCopyAssignmentOperator() and
-  msg =
-    "No matching copy assignment operator in class " + cc.getDeclaringType().getName() +
+  msg = "No matching copy assignment operator in class " + cc.getDeclaringType().getName() +
       ". It is good practice to match a copy constructor with a " + "copy assignment operator."
 }
 
 predicate generatedCopyConstructor(CopyAssignmentOperator ca, string msg) {
   ca.getDeclaringType().hasImplicitCopyConstructor() and
-  msg =
-    "No matching copy constructor in class " + ca.getDeclaringType().getName() +
+  msg = "No matching copy constructor in class " + ca.getDeclaringType().getName() +
       ". It is good practice to match a copy assignment operator with a " + "copy constructor."
 }
 

cpp/ql/src/Critical/DeadCodeCondition.ql

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ predicate testAndBranch(Expr e, Stmt branch) {
   )
 }
 
-predicate choice(StackVariable v, Stmt branch, string value) {
+predicate choice(LocalScopeVariable v, Stmt branch, string value) {
   exists(AnalysedExpr e |
     testAndBranch(e, branch) and
     (
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ predicate choice(StackVariable v, Stmt branch, string value) {
   )
 }
 
-predicate guarded(StackVariable v, Stmt loopstart, AnalysedExpr child) {
+predicate guarded(LocalScopeVariable v, Stmt loopstart, AnalysedExpr child) {
   choice(v, loopstart, _) and
   loopstart.getChildStmt*() = child.getEnclosingStmt() and
   (definition(v, child) or exists(child.getNullSuccessor(v)))
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ predicate addressLeak(Variable v, Stmt leak) {
   )
 }
 
-from StackVariable v, Stmt branch, AnalysedExpr cond, string context, string test, string testresult
+from
+  LocalScopeVariable v, Stmt branch, AnalysedExpr cond, string context, string test,
+  string testresult
 where
   choice(v, branch, context) and
   forall(ControlFlowNode def | definition(v, def) and definitionReaches(def, cond) |

cpp/ql/src/Critical/DescriptorMayNotBeClosed.ql

@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ predicate closeCall(FunctionCall fc, Variable v) {
   )
 }
 
-predicate openDefinition(StackVariable v, ControlFlowNode def) {
+predicate openDefinition(LocalScopeVariable v, ControlFlowNode def) {
   exists(Expr expr | exprDefinition(v, def, expr) and allocateDescriptorCall(expr))
 }
 
 predicate openReaches(ControlFlowNode def, ControlFlowNode node) {
-  exists(StackVariable v | openDefinition(v, def) and node = def.getASuccessor())
+  exists(LocalScopeVariable v | openDefinition(v, def) and node = def.getASuccessor())
   or
-  exists(StackVariable v, ControlFlowNode mid |
+  exists(LocalScopeVariable v, ControlFlowNode mid |
     openDefinition(v, def) and
     openReaches(def, mid) and
     not errorSuccessor(v, mid) and
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ predicate openReaches(ControlFlowNode def, ControlFlowNode node) {
   )
 }
 
-predicate assignedToFieldOrGlobal(StackVariable v, Assignment assign) {
+predicate assignedToFieldOrGlobal(LocalScopeVariable v, Assignment assign) {
   exists(Variable external |
     assign.getRValue() = v.getAnAccess() and
     assign.getLValue().(VariableAccess).getTarget() = external and
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ predicate assignedToFieldOrGlobal(StackVariable v, Assignment assign) {
   )
 }
 
-from StackVariable v, ControlFlowNode def, ReturnStmt ret
+from LocalScopeVariable v, ControlFlowNode def, ReturnStmt ret
 where
   openDefinition(v, def) and
   openReaches(def, ret) and

cpp/ql/src/Critical/DescriptorNeverClosed.qhelp

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 <overview>
 <p>
-This rule finds calls to <code>socket</code> where there is no corresponding <code>close</code> call in the program analyzed.
+This rule finds calls to <code>open</code> or <code>socket</code> where there is no corresponding <code>close</code> call in the program analyzed.
 Leaving descriptors open will cause a resource leak that will persist even after the program terminates.
 </p>
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Leaving descriptors open will cause a resource leak that will persist even after
 </overview>
 
 <recommendation>
-<p>Ensure that all socket descriptors allocated by the program are freed before it terminates.</p>
+<p>Ensure that all file or socket descriptors allocated by the program are freed before it terminates.</p>
 </recommendation>
 
 <example>

cpp/ql/src/Critical/DescriptorNeverClosed.ql

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /**
  * @name Open descriptor never closed
- * @description Functions that always return before closing the socket they opened leak resources.
+ * @description Functions that always return before closing the socket or file they opened leak resources.
  * @kind problem
  * @id cpp/descriptor-never-closed
  * @problem.severity warning

cpp/ql/src/Critical/FileMayNotBeClosed.ql

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  */
 
 import FileClosed
-import semmle.code.cpp.controlflow.StackVariableReachability
+import semmle.code.cpp.controlflow.LocalScopeVariableReachability
 
 /**
  * Extend the NullValue class used by Nullness.qll to include simple -1 as a 'null' value
@@ -68,18 +68,18 @@ predicate fcloseCallOrIndirect(FunctionCall fc, Variable v) {
   )
 }
 
-predicate fopenDefinition(StackVariable v, ControlFlowNode def) {
+predicate fopenDefinition(LocalScopeVariable v, ControlFlowNode def) {
   exists(Expr expr | exprDefinition(v, def, expr) and fopenCallOrIndirect(expr))
 }
 
-class FOpenVariableReachability extends StackVariableReachabilityWithReassignment {
+class FOpenVariableReachability extends LocalScopeVariableReachabilityWithReassignment {
   FOpenVariableReachability() { this = "FOpenVariableReachability" }
 
-  override predicate isSourceActual(ControlFlowNode node, StackVariable v) {
+  override predicate isSourceActual(ControlFlowNode node, LocalScopeVariable v) {
     fopenDefinition(v, node)
   }
 
-  override predicate isSinkActual(ControlFlowNode node, StackVariable v) {
+  override predicate isSinkActual(ControlFlowNode node, LocalScopeVariable v) {
     // node may be used in fopenReaches
     exists(node.(AnalysedExpr).getNullSuccessor(v)) or
     fcloseCallOrIndirect(node, v) or
@@ -88,13 +88,15 @@ class FOpenVariableReachability extends StackVariableReachabilityWithReassignmen
     v.getFunction() = node.(ReturnStmt).getEnclosingFunction()
   }
 
-  override predicate isBarrier(ControlFlowNode node, StackVariable v) { definitionBarrier(v, node) }
+  override predicate isBarrier(ControlFlowNode node, LocalScopeVariable v) {
+    definitionBarrier(v, node)
+  }
 }
 
 /**
  * The value from fopen at `def` is still held in Variable `v` upon entering `node`.
  */
-predicate fopenVariableReaches(StackVariable v, ControlFlowNode def, ControlFlowNode node) {
+predicate fopenVariableReaches(LocalScopeVariable v, ControlFlowNode def, ControlFlowNode node) {
   exists(FOpenVariableReachability r |
     // reachability
     r.reachesTo(def, _, node, v)
@@ -105,23 +107,25 @@ predicate fopenVariableReaches(StackVariable v, ControlFlowNode def, ControlFlow
   )
 }
 
-class FOpenReachability extends StackVariableReachabilityExt {
+class FOpenReachability extends LocalScopeVariableReachabilityExt {
   FOpenReachability() { this = "FOpenReachability" }
 
-  override predicate isSource(ControlFlowNode node, StackVariable v) { fopenDefinition(v, node) }
+  override predicate isSource(ControlFlowNode node, LocalScopeVariable v) {
+    fopenDefinition(v, node)
+  }
 
-  override predicate isSink(ControlFlowNode node, StackVariable v) {
+  override predicate isSink(ControlFlowNode node, LocalScopeVariable v) {
     v.getFunction() = node.(ReturnStmt).getEnclosingFunction()
   }
 
   override predicate isBarrier(
-    ControlFlowNode source, ControlFlowNode node, ControlFlowNode next, StackVariable v
+    ControlFlowNode source, ControlFlowNode node, ControlFlowNode next, LocalScopeVariable v
   ) {
     isSource(source, v) and
     next = node.getASuccessor() and
     // the file (stored in any variable `v0`) opened at `source` is closed or
     // assigned to a global at node, or NULL checked on the edge node -> next.
-    exists(StackVariable v0 | fopenVariableReaches(v0, source, node) |
+    exists(LocalScopeVariable v0 | fopenVariableReaches(v0, source, node) |
       node.(AnalysedExpr).getNullSuccessor(v0) = next or
       fcloseCallOrIndirect(node, v0) or
       assignedToFieldOrGlobal(v0, node)
@@ -138,11 +142,11 @@ predicate fopenReaches(ControlFlowNode def, ControlFlowNode node) {
   exists(FOpenReachability r | r.reaches(def, _, node))
 }
 
-predicate assignedToFieldOrGlobal(StackVariable v, Expr e) {
-  // assigned to anything except a StackVariable
+predicate assignedToFieldOrGlobal(LocalScopeVariable v, Expr e) {
+  // assigned to anything except a LocalScopeVariable
   // (typically a field or global, but for example also *ptr = v)
   e.(Assignment).getRValue() = v.getAnAccess() and
-  not e.(Assignment).getLValue().(VariableAccess).getTarget() instanceof StackVariable
+  not e.(Assignment).getLValue().(VariableAccess).getTarget() instanceof LocalScopeVariable
   or
   exists(Expr midExpr, Function mid, int arg |
     // indirect assignment
@@ -159,7 +163,7 @@ predicate assignedToFieldOrGlobal(StackVariable v, Expr e) {
 from ControlFlowNode def, ReturnStmt ret
 where
   fopenReaches(def, ret) and
-  not exists(StackVariable v |
+  not exists(LocalScopeVariable v |
     fopenVariableReaches(v, def, ret) and
     ret.getAChild*() = v.getAnAccess()
   )

cpp/ql/src/Critical/InconsistentNullnessTesting.ql

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 import cpp
 
-from StackVariable v, ControlFlowNode def, VariableAccess checked, VariableAccess unchecked
+from LocalScopeVariable v, ControlFlowNode def, VariableAccess checked, VariableAccess unchecked
 where
   checked = v.getAnAccess() and
   dereferenced(checked) and

cpp/ql/src/Critical/LateNegativeTest.ql

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 import cpp
 
-predicate negativeCheck(StackVariable v, ComparisonOperation op) {
+predicate negativeCheck(LocalScopeVariable v, ComparisonOperation op) {
   exists(int varindex, string constant, Literal lit |
     op.getChild(varindex) = v.getAnAccess() and
     op.getChild(1 - varindex) = lit and
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ predicate negativeCheck(StackVariable v, ComparisonOperation op) {
   )
 }
 
-from StackVariable v, ArrayExpr dangerous, Expr check
+from LocalScopeVariable v, ArrayExpr dangerous, Expr check
 where
   useUsePair(v, dangerous.getArrayOffset(), check.getAChild()) and
   negativeCheck(v, check) and

cpp/ql/src/Critical/MemoryFreed.qll

@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 import semmle.code.cpp.pointsto.PointsTo
 
 private predicate freed(Expr e) {
-  e = any(DeallocationExpr de).getFreedExpr()
+  exists(FunctionCall fc, Expr arg |
+    freeCall(fc, arg) and
+    arg = e
+  )
+  or
+  exists(DeleteExpr de | de.getExpr() = e)
+  or
+  exists(DeleteArrayExpr de | de.getExpr() = e)
   or
   exists(ExprCall c |
-    // cautiously assume that any `ExprCall` could be a deallocation expression.
+    // cautiously assume that any ExprCall could be a freeCall.
     c.getAnArgument() = e
   )
 }
@@ -15,4 +22,7 @@ class FreedExpr extends PointsToExpr {
   override predicate interesting() { freed(this) }
 }
 
-predicate allocMayBeFreed(AllocationExpr alloc) { anythingPointsTo(alloc) }
+predicate allocMayBeFreed(Expr alloc) {
+  isAllocationExpr(alloc) and
+  anythingPointsTo(alloc)
+}

cpp/ql/src/Critical/MemoryMayNotBeFreed.ql

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  */
 
 import MemoryFreed
-import semmle.code.cpp.controlflow.StackVariableReachability
+import semmle.code.cpp.controlflow.LocalScopeVariableReachability
 
 /**
  * 'call' is either a direct call to f, or a possible call to f
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ predicate mayCallFunction(Expr call, Function f) {
 
 predicate allocCallOrIndirect(Expr e) {
   // direct alloc call
-  e.(AllocationExpr).requiresDealloc() and
+  isAllocationExpr(e) and
   // We are only interested in alloc calls that are
   // actually freed somehow, as MemoryNeverFreed
   // will catch those that aren't.
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ predicate allocCallOrIndirect(Expr e) {
  * can cause memory leaks.
  */
 predicate verifiedRealloc(FunctionCall reallocCall, Variable v, ControlFlowNode verified) {
-  reallocCall.(AllocationExpr).getReallocPtr() = v.getAnAccess() and
+  reallocCall.getTarget().hasGlobalOrStdName("realloc") and
+  reallocCall.getArgument(0) = v.getAnAccess() and
   (
     exists(Variable newV, ControlFlowNode node |
       // a realloc followed by a null check at 'node' (return the non-null
@@ -70,19 +71,23 @@ predicate verifiedRealloc(FunctionCall reallocCall, Variable v, ControlFlowNode
     or
     // a realloc(ptr, 0), which always succeeds and frees
     // (return the realloc itself)
-    reallocCall.(AllocationExpr).getReallocPtr().getValue() = "0" and
+    reallocCall.getArgument(1).getValue() = "0" and
     verified = reallocCall
   )
 }
 
 predicate freeCallOrIndirect(ControlFlowNode n, Variable v) {
   // direct free call
-  n.(DeallocationExpr).getFreedExpr() = v.getAnAccess() and
-  not exists(n.(AllocationExpr).getReallocPtr())
+  freeCall(n, v.getAnAccess()) and
+  not n.(FunctionCall).getTarget().hasGlobalOrStdName("realloc")
   or
   // verified realloc call
   verifiedRealloc(_, v, n)
   or
+  n.(DeleteExpr).getExpr() = v.getAnAccess()
+  or
+  n.(DeleteArrayExpr).getExpr() = v.getAnAccess()
+  or
   exists(FunctionCall midcall, Function mid, int arg |
     // indirect free call
     n.(Call).getArgument(arg) = v.getAnAccess() and
@@ -92,18 +97,18 @@ predicate freeCallOrIndirect(ControlFlowNode n, Variable v) {
   )
 }
 
-predicate allocationDefinition(StackVariable v, ControlFlowNode def) {
+predicate allocationDefinition(LocalScopeVariable v, ControlFlowNode def) {
   exists(Expr expr | exprDefinition(v, def, expr) and allocCallOrIndirect(expr))
 }
 
-class AllocVariableReachability extends StackVariableReachabilityWithReassignment {
+class AllocVariableReachability extends LocalScopeVariableReachabilityWithReassignment {
   AllocVariableReachability() { this = "AllocVariableReachability" }
 
-  override predicate isSourceActual(ControlFlowNode node, StackVariable v) {
+  override predicate isSourceActual(ControlFlowNode node, LocalScopeVariable v) {
     allocationDefinition(v, node)
   }
 
-  override predicate isSinkActual(ControlFlowNode node, StackVariable v) {
+  override predicate isSinkActual(ControlFlowNode node, LocalScopeVariable v) {
     // node may be used in allocationReaches
     exists(node.(AnalysedExpr).getNullSuccessor(v)) or
     freeCallOrIndirect(node, v) or
@@ -112,13 +117,15 @@ class AllocVariableReachability extends StackVariableReachabilityWithReassignmen
     v.getFunction() = node.(ReturnStmt).getEnclosingFunction()
   }
 
-  override predicate isBarrier(ControlFlowNode node, StackVariable v) { definitionBarrier(v, node) }
+  override predicate isBarrier(ControlFlowNode node, LocalScopeVariable v) {
+    definitionBarrier(v, node)
+  }
 }
 
 /**
  * The value from allocation `def` is still held in Variable `v` upon entering `node`.
  */
-predicate allocatedVariableReaches(StackVariable v, ControlFlowNode def, ControlFlowNode node) {
+predicate allocatedVariableReaches(LocalScopeVariable v, ControlFlowNode def, ControlFlowNode node) {
   exists(AllocVariableReachability r |
     // reachability
     r.reachesTo(def, _, node, v)
@@ -129,25 +136,25 @@ predicate allocatedVariableReaches(StackVariable v, ControlFlowNode def, Control
   )
 }
 
-class AllocReachability extends StackVariableReachabilityExt {
+class AllocReachability extends LocalScopeVariableReachabilityExt {
   AllocReachability() { this = "AllocReachability" }
 
-  override predicate isSource(ControlFlowNode node, StackVariable v) {
+  override predicate isSource(ControlFlowNode node, LocalScopeVariable v) {
     allocationDefinition(v, node)
   }
 
-  override predicate isSink(ControlFlowNode node, StackVariable v) {
+  override predicate isSink(ControlFlowNode node, LocalScopeVariable v) {
     v.getFunction() = node.(ReturnStmt).getEnclosingFunction()
   }
 
   override predicate isBarrier(
-    ControlFlowNode source, ControlFlowNode node, ControlFlowNode next, StackVariable v
+    ControlFlowNode source, ControlFlowNode node, ControlFlowNode next, LocalScopeVariable v
   ) {
     isSource(source, v) and
     next = node.getASuccessor() and
     // the memory (stored in any variable `v0`) allocated at `source` is freed or
     // assigned to a global at node, or NULL checked on the edge node -> next.
-    exists(StackVariable v0 | allocatedVariableReaches(v0, source, node) |
+    exists(LocalScopeVariable v0 | allocatedVariableReaches(v0, source, node) |
       node.(AnalysedExpr).getNullSuccessor(v0) = next or
       freeCallOrIndirect(node, v0) or
       assignedToFieldOrGlobal(v0, node)
@@ -164,11 +171,11 @@ predicate allocationReaches(ControlFlowNode def, ControlFlowNode node) {
   exists(AllocReachability r | r.reaches(def, _, node))
 }
 
-predicate assignedToFieldOrGlobal(StackVariable v, Expr e) {
-  // assigned to anything except a StackVariable
+predicate assignedToFieldOrGlobal(LocalScopeVariable v, Expr e) {
+  // assigned to anything except a LocalScopeVariable
   // (typically a field or global, but for example also *ptr = v)
   e.(Assignment).getRValue() = v.getAnAccess() and
-  not e.(Assignment).getLValue().(VariableAccess).getTarget() instanceof StackVariable
+  not e.(Assignment).getLValue().(VariableAccess).getTarget() instanceof LocalScopeVariable
   or
   exists(Expr midExpr, Function mid, int arg |
     // indirect assignment
@@ -185,7 +192,7 @@ predicate assignedToFieldOrGlobal(StackVariable v, Expr e) {
 from ControlFlowNode def, ReturnStmt ret
 where
   allocationReaches(def, ret) and
-  not exists(StackVariable v |
+  not exists(LocalScopeVariable v |
     allocatedVariableReaches(v, def, ret) and
     ret.getAChild*() = v.getAnAccess()
   )

cpp/ql/src/Critical/MemoryNeverFreed.ql

@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
 
 import MemoryFreed
 
-from AllocationExpr alloc
-where
-  alloc.requiresDealloc() and
-  not allocMayBeFreed(alloc)
+from Expr alloc
+where isAllocationExpr(alloc) and not allocMayBeFreed(alloc)
 select alloc, "This memory is never freed"

cpp/ql/src/Critical/MissingNegativityTest.ql

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class FunctionWithNegativeReturn extends Function {
 predicate dangerousUse(IntegralReturnValue val, Expr use) {
   exists(ArrayExpr ae | ae.getArrayOffset() = val and use = val)
   or
-  exists(StackVariable v, ControlFlowNode def, ArrayExpr ae |
+  exists(LocalScopeVariable v, ControlFlowNode def, ArrayExpr ae |
     exprDefinition(v, def, val) and
     use = ae.getArrayOffset() and
     not boundsChecked(v, use) and
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ predicate dangerousUse(IntegralReturnValue val, Expr use) {
   val = use and
   use.getType().getUnderlyingType() instanceof PointerType
   or
-  exists(StackVariable v, ControlFlowNode def, AddExpr add |
+  exists(LocalScopeVariable v, ControlFlowNode def, AddExpr add |
     exprDefinition(v, def, val) and
     definitionUsePair(v, def, use) and
     add.getAnOperand() = use and

cpp/ql/src/Critical/NewDelete.qll

@@ -5,34 +5,16 @@
 import cpp
 import semmle.code.cpp.controlflow.SSA
 import semmle.code.cpp.dataflow.DataFlow
-import semmle.code.cpp.models.implementations.Allocation
-import semmle.code.cpp.models.implementations.Deallocation
 
 /**
  * Holds if `alloc` is a use of `malloc` or `new`.  `kind` is
  * a string describing the type of the allocation.
  */
 predicate allocExpr(Expr alloc, string kind) {
+  isAllocationExpr(alloc) and
   (
-    exists(Function target |
-      alloc.(AllocationExpr).(FunctionCall).getTarget() = target and
-      (
-        target.getName() = "operator new" and
-        kind = "new" and
-        // exclude placement new and custom overloads as they
-        // may not conform to assumptions
-        not target.getNumberOfParameters() > 1
-        or
-        target.getName() = "operator new[]" and
-        kind = "new[]" and
-        // exclude placement new and custom overloads as they
-        // may not conform to assumptions
-        not target.getNumberOfParameters() > 1
-        or
-        not target instanceof OperatorNewAllocationFunction and
-        kind = "malloc"
-      )
-    )
+    alloc instanceof FunctionCall and
+    kind = "malloc"
     or
     alloc instanceof NewExpr and
     kind = "new" and
@@ -45,8 +27,7 @@ predicate allocExpr(Expr alloc, string kind) {
     // exclude placement new and custom overloads as they
     // may not conform to assumptions
     not alloc.(NewArrayExpr).getAllocatorCall().getTarget().getNumberOfParameters() > 1
-  ) and
-  not alloc.isFromUninstantiatedTemplate(_)
+  )
 }
 
 /**
@@ -79,7 +60,7 @@ predicate allocExprOrIndirect(Expr alloc, string kind) {
 pragma[nomagic]
 private predicate allocReachesVariable(Variable v, Expr alloc, string kind) {
   exists(Expr mid |
-    not v instanceof StackVariable and
+    not v instanceof LocalScopeVariable and
     v.getAnAssignedValue() = mid and
     allocReaches0(mid, alloc, kind)
   )
@@ -95,7 +76,7 @@ private predicate allocReaches0(Expr e, Expr alloc, string kind) {
   allocExprOrIndirect(alloc, kind) and
   e = alloc
   or
-  exists(SsaDefinition def, StackVariable v |
+  exists(SsaDefinition def, LocalScopeVariable v |
     // alloc via SSA
     allocReaches0(def.getAnUltimateDefiningValue(v), alloc, kind) and
     e = def.getAUse(v)
@@ -128,20 +109,8 @@ predicate allocReaches(Expr e, Expr alloc, string kind) {
  * describing the type of that free or delete.
  */
 predicate freeExpr(Expr free, Expr freed, string kind) {
-  exists(Function target |
-    freed = free.(DeallocationExpr).getFreedExpr() and
-    free.(FunctionCall).getTarget() = target and
-    (
-      target.getName() = "operator delete" and
-      kind = "delete"
-      or
-      target.getName() = "operator delete[]" and
-      kind = "delete[]"
-      or
-      not target instanceof OperatorDeleteDeallocationFunction and
-      kind = "free"
-    )
-  )
+  freeCall(free, freed) and
+  kind = "free"
   or
   free.(DeleteExpr).getExpr() = freed and
   kind = "delete"

cpp/ql/src/Critical/OverflowCalculated.ql

@@ -11,16 +11,26 @@
  */
 
 import cpp
-import semmle.code.cpp.dataflow.DataFlow
-import semmle.code.cpp.models.interfaces.Allocation
+
+class MallocCall extends FunctionCall {
+  MallocCall() { this.getTarget().hasGlobalOrStdName("malloc") }
+
+  Expr getAllocatedSize() {
+    if this.getArgument(0) instanceof VariableAccess
+    then
+      exists(LocalScopeVariable v, ControlFlowNode def |
+        definitionUsePair(v, def, this.getArgument(0)) and
+        exprDefinition(v, def, result)
+      )
+    else result = this.getArgument(0)
+  }
+}
 
 predicate spaceProblem(FunctionCall append, string msg) {
-  exists(
-    AllocationExpr malloc, StrlenCall strlen, AddExpr add, FunctionCall insert, Variable buffer
-  |
+  exists(MallocCall malloc, StrlenCall strlen, AddExpr add, FunctionCall insert, Variable buffer |
     add.getAChild() = strlen and
     exists(add.getAChild().getValue()) and
-    DataFlow::localExprFlow(add, malloc.getSizeExpr()) and
+    malloc.getAllocatedSize() = add and
     buffer.getAnAccess() = strlen.getStringExpr() and
     (
       insert.getTarget().hasGlobalOrStdName("strcpy") or
@@ -33,8 +43,7 @@ predicate spaceProblem(FunctionCall append, string msg) {
     malloc.getASuccessor+() = insert and
     insert.getArgument(1) = buffer.getAnAccess() and
     insert.getASuccessor+() = append and
-    msg =
-      "This buffer only contains enough room for '" + buffer.getName() + "' (copied on line " +
+    msg = "This buffer only contains enough room for '" + buffer.getName() + "' (copied on line " +
         insert.getLocation().getStartLine().toString() + ")"
   )
 }

cpp/ql/src/Critical/OverflowStatic.ql

@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ predicate overflowOffsetInLoop(BufferAccess bufaccess, string msg) {
     loop.getStmt().getAChild*() = bufaccess.getEnclosingStmt() and
     loop.limit() >= bufaccess.bufferSize() and
     loop.counter().getAnAccess() = bufaccess.getArrayOffset() and
-    msg =
-      "Potential buffer-overflow: counter '" + loop.counter().toString() + "' <= " +
+    msg = "Potential buffer-overflow: counter '" + loop.counter().toString() + "' <= " +
         loop.limit().toString() + " but '" + bufaccess.buffer().getName() + "' has " +
         bufaccess.bufferSize().toString() + " elements."
   )
@@ -107,9 +106,8 @@ predicate wrongBufferSize(Expr error, string msg) {
     statedSize = min(call.statedSizeValue()) and
     statedSize > bufsize and
     error = call.statedSizeExpr() and
-    msg =
-      "Potential buffer-overflow: '" + buf.getName() + "' has size " + bufsize.toString() + " not " +
-        statedSize + "."
+    msg = "Potential buffer-overflow: '" + buf.getName() + "' has size " + bufsize.toString() +
+        " not " + statedSize + "."
   )
 }
 
@@ -123,9 +121,8 @@ predicate outOfBounds(BufferAccess bufaccess, string msg) {
       or
       access = size and not exists(AddressOfExpr addof | bufaccess = addof.getOperand())
     ) and
-    msg =
-      "Potential buffer-overflow: '" + buf + "' has size " + size.toString() + " but '" + buf + "[" +
-        access.toString() + "]' is accessed here."
+    msg = "Potential buffer-overflow: '" + buf + "' has size " + size.toString() + " but '" + buf +
+        "[" + access.toString() + "]' is accessed here."
   )
 }
 

cpp/ql/src/Critical/ReturnStackAllocatedObject.ql

@@ -20,10 +20,11 @@ class ReturnPointsToExpr extends PointsToExpr {
   ReturnStmt getReturnStmt() { result.getExpr().getFullyConverted() = this }
 }
 
-from ReturnPointsToExpr ret, StackVariable local, float confidence
+from ReturnPointsToExpr ret, LocalVariable local, float confidence
 where
   ret.pointsTo() = local and
   ret.getReturnStmt().getEnclosingFunction() = local.getFunction() and
+  not local.isStatic() and
   confidence = ret.confidence() and
   confidence > 0.01
 select ret,

cpp/ql/src/Critical/ReturnValueIgnored.ql

@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ predicate important(Function f, string message) {
 predicate dubious(Function f, string message) {
   not important(f, _) and
   exists(Options opts, int used, int total, int percentage |
-    used =
-      count(FunctionCall fc |
+    used = count(FunctionCall fc |
         fc.getTarget() = f and not opts.okToIgnoreReturnValue(fc) and not unused(fc)
       ) and
     total = count(FunctionCall fc | fc.getTarget() = f and not opts.okToIgnoreReturnValue(fc)) and

cpp/ql/src/Critical/Unused.ql

@@ -20,10 +20,11 @@ class ScopeUtilityClass extends Class {
   Call getAUse() { result = this.getAConstructor().getACallToThisFunction() }
 }
 
-from StackVariable v, ControlFlowNode def
+from LocalScopeVariable v, ControlFlowNode def
 where
   definition(v, def) and
   not definitionUsePair(v, def, _) and
+  not v.isStatic() and
   not v.getAnAccess().isAddressOfAccess() and
   // parameter initializers are not in the call-graph at the moment
   not v.(Parameter).getInitializer().getExpr() = def and

cpp/ql/src/Critical/UseAfterFree.ql

@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
  */
 
 import cpp
-import semmle.code.cpp.controlflow.StackVariableReachability
+import semmle.code.cpp.controlflow.LocalScopeVariableReachability
 
 /** `e` is an expression that frees the memory pointed to by `v`. */
-predicate isFreeExpr(Expr e, StackVariable v) {
+predicate isFreeExpr(Expr e, LocalScopeVariable v) {
   exists(VariableAccess va | va.getTarget() = v |
     exists(FunctionCall fc | fc = e |
       fc.getTarget().hasGlobalOrStdName("free") and
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ predicate isFreeExpr(Expr e, StackVariable v) {
 }
 
 /** `e` is an expression that (may) dereference `v`. */
-predicate isDerefExpr(Expr e, StackVariable v) {
+predicate isDerefExpr(Expr e, LocalScopeVariable v) {
   v.getAnAccess() = e and dereferenced(e)
   or
   isDerefByCallExpr(_, _, e, v)
@@ -39,27 +39,27 @@ predicate isDerefExpr(Expr e, StackVariable v) {
  * or a source code function that dereferences the relevant
  * parameter.
  */
-predicate isDerefByCallExpr(Call c, int i, VariableAccess va, StackVariable v) {
+predicate isDerefByCallExpr(Call c, int i, VariableAccess va, LocalScopeVariable v) {
   v.getAnAccess() = va and
   va = c.getAnArgumentSubExpr(i) and
   not c.passesByReference(i, va) and
   (c.getTarget().hasEntryPoint() implies isDerefExpr(_, c.getTarget().getParameter(i)))
 }
 
-class UseAfterFreeReachability extends StackVariableReachability {
+class UseAfterFreeReachability extends LocalScopeVariableReachability {
   UseAfterFreeReachability() { this = "UseAfterFree" }
 
-  override predicate isSource(ControlFlowNode node, StackVariable v) { isFreeExpr(node, v) }
+  override predicate isSource(ControlFlowNode node, LocalScopeVariable v) { isFreeExpr(node, v) }
 
-  override predicate isSink(ControlFlowNode node, StackVariable v) { isDerefExpr(node, v) }
+  override predicate isSink(ControlFlowNode node, LocalScopeVariable v) { isDerefExpr(node, v) }
 
-  override predicate isBarrier(ControlFlowNode node, StackVariable v) {
+  override predicate isBarrier(ControlFlowNode node, LocalScopeVariable v) {
     definitionBarrier(v, node) or
     isFreeExpr(node, v)
   }
 }
 
-from UseAfterFreeReachability r, StackVariable v, Expr free, Expr e
+from UseAfterFreeReachability r, LocalScopeVariable v, Expr free, Expr e
 where r.reaches(free, v, e)
 select e, "Memory pointed to by '" + v.getName().toString() + "' may have been previously freed $@",
   free, "here"

cpp/ql/src/Documentation/CaptionedComments.qll

@@ -18,13 +18,14 @@ string getCommentTextCaptioned(Comment c, string caption) {
     dontCare = commentBody.regexpFind("\\n[/* \\t\\x0B\\f\\r]*" + caption, _, offset) and
     interestingSuffix = commentBody.suffix(offset) and
     endOfLine = interestingSuffix.indexOf("\n", 1, 0) and
-    captionedLine =
-      interestingSuffix
+    captionedLine = interestingSuffix
           .prefix(endOfLine)
           .regexpReplaceAll("^[/*\\s]*" + caption + "\\s*:?", "")
           .trim() and
-    followingLine =
-      interestingSuffix.prefix(interestingSuffix.indexOf("\n", 2, 0)).suffix(endOfLine).trim() and
+    followingLine = interestingSuffix
+          .prefix(interestingSuffix.indexOf("\n", 2, 0))
+          .suffix(endOfLine)
+          .trim() and
     if captionedLine = ""
     then result = caption + " comment"
     else

cpp/ql/src/JPL_C/LOC-2/Rule 03/LoopBounds.ql

@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ VariableAccess getAnIncrement(Variable var) {
     exists(AssignAddExpr a | a.getLValue() = result and a.getRValue().getValue().toInt() > 0)
     or
     exists(AssignExpr a | a.getLValue() = result |
-      a.getRValue() =
-        any(AddExpr ae |
+      a.getRValue() = any(AddExpr ae |
           ae.getAnOperand() = var.getAnAccess() and
           ae.getAnOperand().getValue().toInt() > 0
         )
@@ -73,8 +72,7 @@ VariableAccess getADecrement(Variable var) {
     exists(AssignSubExpr a | a.getLValue() = result and a.getRValue().getValue().toInt() > 0)
     or
     exists(AssignExpr a | a.getLValue() = result |
-      a.getRValue() =
-        any(SubExpr ae |
+      a.getRValue() = any(SubExpr ae |
           ae.getLeftOperand() = var.getAnAccess() and
           ae.getRightOperand().getValue().toInt() > 0
         )
@@ -130,16 +128,14 @@ where
     exists(VariableAccess bound |
       upperBoundCheck(loop, bound) and
       reachesNoInc(bound, bound) and
-      msg =
-        "The loop counter " + bound.getTarget().getName() +
+      msg = "The loop counter " + bound.getTarget().getName() +
           " is not always incremented in the loop body."
     )
     or
     exists(VariableAccess bound |
       lowerBoundCheck(loop, bound) and
       reachesNoDec(bound, bound) and
-      msg =
-        "The loop counter " + bound.getTarget().getName() +
+      msg = "The loop counter " + bound.getTarget().getName() +
           " is not always decremented in the loop body."
     )
   )

cpp/ql/src/JPL_C/LOC-2/Rule 04/Recursion.ql

@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ where
   if call.getTarget() = call.getEnclosingFunction()
   then msg = "This call directly invokes its containing function $@."
   else
-    msg =
-      "The function " + call.getEnclosingFunction() +
+    msg = "The function " + call.getEnclosingFunction() +
         " is indirectly recursive via this call to $@."
 select call, msg, call.getTarget(), call.getTarget().getName()

cpp/ql/src/JPL_C/LOC-2/Rule 09/OutOfOrderLocks.ql

@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ predicate lockOrder(LockOperation outer, LockOperation inner) {
 }
 
 int orderCount(Declaration outerLock, Declaration innerLock) {
-  result =
-    strictcount(LockOperation outer, LockOperation inner |
+  result = strictcount(LockOperation outer, LockOperation inner |
       outer.getLocked() = outerLock and
       inner.getLocked() = innerLock and
       lockOrder(outer, inner)
@@ -28,6 +27,6 @@ int orderCount(Declaration outerLock, Declaration innerLock) {
 from LockOperation outer, LockOperation inner
 where
   lockOrder(outer, inner) and
-  orderCount(outer.getLocked(), inner.getLocked()) <=
-    orderCount(inner.getLocked(), outer.getLocked())
+  orderCount(outer.getLocked(), inner.getLocked()) <= orderCount(inner.getLocked(),
+      outer.getLocked())
 select inner, "Out-of-order locks: A " + inner.say() + " usually precedes a $@.", outer, outer.say()

cpp/ql/src/JPL_C/LOC-2/Rule 09/Semaphores.qll

@@ -81,8 +81,10 @@ class LockingPrimitive extends FunctionCall, LockOperation {
   override Function getLocked() { result = this.getTarget() }
 
   override UnlockOperation getMatchingUnlock() {
-    result.(UnlockingPrimitive).getTarget().getName() =
-      this.getTarget().getName().replaceAll("Lock", "Unlock")
+    result.(UnlockingPrimitive).getTarget().getName() = this
+          .getTarget()
+          .getName()
+          .replaceAll("Lock", "Unlock")
   }
 
   override string say() { result = "call to " + getLocked().getName() }

cpp/ql/src/JPL_C/LOC-4/Rule 24/MultipleStmtsPerLine.ql

@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ where
   numStmt(f, line) = cnt and
   cnt > 1 and
   o.onLine(f, line) and
-  o.getLocation().getStartColumn() =
-    min(OneLineStmt other, int toMin |
+  o.getLocation().getStartColumn() = min(OneLineStmt other, int toMin |
       other.onLine(f, line) and toMin = other.getLocation().getStartColumn()
     |
       toMin

cpp/ql/src/JPL_C/LOC-4/Rule 26/DeclarationPointerNesting.ql

@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ import cpp
 string var(Variable v) {
   exists(int level | level = v.getType().getPointerIndirectionLevel() |
     level > 2 and
-    result =
-      "The type of " + v.getName() + " uses " + level +
+    result = "The type of " + v.getName() + " uses " + level +
         " levels of pointer indirection -- maximum allowed is 2."
   )
 }
@@ -23,8 +22,7 @@ string var(Variable v) {
 string fun(Function f) {
   exists(int level | level = f.getType().getPointerIndirectionLevel() |
     level > 2 and
-    result =
-      "The return type of " + f.getName() + " uses " + level +
+    result = "The return type of " + f.getName() + " uses " + level +
         " levels of pointer indirection -- maximum allowed is 2."
   )
 }

cpp/ql/src/JPL_C/LOC-4/Rule 31/IncludesFirst.ql

@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@
 import cpp
 
 int firstCodeLine(File f) {
-  result =
-    min(Declaration d, Location l, int toMin |
+  result = min(Declaration d, Location l, int toMin |
       (
         l = d.getLocation() and
         l.getFile() = f and

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Arithmetic/IntMultToLong.ql

@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 
 import cpp
 import semmle.code.cpp.controlflow.SSA
-import semmle.code.cpp.rangeanalysis.SimpleRangeAnalysis
-import semmle.code.cpp.rangeanalysis.RangeAnalysisUtils
 
 /**
  * Holds if `e` is either:
@@ -59,122 +57,13 @@ Expr getMulOperand(MulExpr me) { result = me.getAnOperand() }
  * ```
  */
 int getEffectiveMulOperands(MulExpr me) {
-  result =
-    count(Expr op |
+  result = count(Expr op |
       op = getMulOperand*(me) and
       not op instanceof MulExpr and
       not likelySmall(op)
     )
 }
 
-/**
- * As SimpleRangeAnalysis does not support reasoning about multiplication
- * we create a tiny abstract interpreter for handling multiplication, which
- * we invoke only after weeding out of all of trivial cases that we do
- * not care about. By default, the maximum and minimum values are computed
- * using SimpleRangeAnalysis.
- */
-class AnalyzableExpr extends Expr {
-  float maxValue() { result = upperBound(this.getFullyConverted()) }
-
-  float minValue() { result = lowerBound(this.getFullyConverted()) }
-}
-
-class ParenAnalyzableExpr extends AnalyzableExpr, ParenthesisExpr {
-  override float maxValue() { result = this.getExpr().(AnalyzableExpr).maxValue() }
-
-  override float minValue() { result = this.getExpr().(AnalyzableExpr).minValue() }
-}
-
-class MulAnalyzableExpr extends AnalyzableExpr, MulExpr {
-  override float maxValue() {
-    exists(float x1, float y1, float x2, float y2 |
-      x1 = this.getLeftOperand().getFullyConverted().(AnalyzableExpr).minValue() and
-      x2 = this.getLeftOperand().getFullyConverted().(AnalyzableExpr).maxValue() and
-      y1 = this.getRightOperand().getFullyConverted().(AnalyzableExpr).minValue() and
-      y2 = this.getRightOperand().getFullyConverted().(AnalyzableExpr).maxValue() and
-      result = (x1 * y1).maximum(x1 * y2).maximum(x2 * y1).maximum(x2 * y2)
-    )
-  }
-
-  override float minValue() {
-    exists(float x1, float x2, float y1, float y2 |
-      x1 = this.getLeftOperand().getFullyConverted().(AnalyzableExpr).minValue() and
-      x2 = this.getLeftOperand().getFullyConverted().(AnalyzableExpr).maxValue() and
-      y1 = this.getRightOperand().getFullyConverted().(AnalyzableExpr).minValue() and
-      y2 = this.getRightOperand().getFullyConverted().(AnalyzableExpr).maxValue() and
-      result = (x1 * y1).minimum(x1 * y2).minimum(x2 * y1).minimum(x2 * y2)
-    )
-  }
-}
-
-class AddAnalyzableExpr extends AnalyzableExpr, AddExpr {
-  override float maxValue() {
-    result =
-      this.getLeftOperand().getFullyConverted().(AnalyzableExpr).maxValue() +
-        this.getRightOperand().getFullyConverted().(AnalyzableExpr).maxValue()
-  }
-
-  override float minValue() {
-    result =
-      this.getLeftOperand().getFullyConverted().(AnalyzableExpr).minValue() +
-        this.getRightOperand().getFullyConverted().(AnalyzableExpr).minValue()
-  }
-}
-
-class SubAnalyzableExpr extends AnalyzableExpr, SubExpr {
-  override float maxValue() {
-    result =
-      this.getLeftOperand().getFullyConverted().(AnalyzableExpr).maxValue() -
-        this.getRightOperand().getFullyConverted().(AnalyzableExpr).minValue()
-  }
-
-  override float minValue() {
-    result =
-      this.getLeftOperand().getFullyConverted().(AnalyzableExpr).minValue() -
-        this.getRightOperand().getFullyConverted().(AnalyzableExpr).maxValue()
-  }
-}
-
-class VarAnalyzableExpr extends AnalyzableExpr, VariableAccess {
-  VarAnalyzableExpr() { this.getTarget() instanceof StackVariable }
-
-  override float maxValue() {
-    exists(SsaDefinition def, Variable v |
-      def.getAUse(v) = this and
-      // if there is a defining expression, use that for
-      // computing the maximum value. Otherwise, assign the
-      // variable the largest possible value it can hold
-      if exists(def.getDefiningValue(v))
-      then result = def.getDefiningValue(v).(AnalyzableExpr).maxValue()
-      else result = upperBound(this)
-    )
-  }
-
-  override float minValue() {
-    exists(SsaDefinition def, Variable v |
-      def.getAUse(v) = this and
-      if exists(def.getDefiningValue(v))
-      then result = def.getDefiningValue(v).(AnalyzableExpr).minValue()
-      else result = lowerBound(this)
-    )
-  }
-}
-
-/**
- * Holds if `t` is not an instance of `IntegralType`,
- * or if `me` cannot be proven to not overflow
- */
-predicate overflows(MulExpr me, Type t) {
-  t instanceof IntegralType
-  implies
-  (
-    me.(MulAnalyzableExpr).maxValue() > exprMaxVal(me)
-    or
-    me.(MulAnalyzableExpr).minValue() < exprMinVal(me)
-  )
-}
-
 from MulExpr me, Type t1, Type t2
 where
   t1 = me.getType().getUnderlyingType() and
@@ -212,11 +101,7 @@ where
       e = other.(BinaryOperation).getAnOperand*()
     ) and
     e.(Literal).getType().getSize() = t2.getSize()
-  ) and
-  // only report if we cannot prove that the result of the
-  // multiplication will be less (resp. greater) than the
-  // maximum (resp. minimum) number we can compute.
-  overflows(me, t1)
+  )
 select me,
   "Multiplication result may overflow '" + me.getType().toString() + "' before it is converted to '"
     + me.getFullyConverted().getType().toString() + "'."

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Arithmetic/UnsignedGEZero.qll

@@ -19,19 +19,15 @@ class ConstantZero extends Expr {
  * Holds if `candidate` is an expression such that if it's unsigned then we
  * want an alert at `ge`.
  */
-private predicate lookForUnsignedAt(RelationalOperation ge, Expr candidate) {
-  // Base case: `candidate >= 0` (or `0 <= candidate`)
-  (
-    ge instanceof GEExpr or
-    ge instanceof LEExpr
-  ) and
-  ge.getLesserOperand() instanceof ConstantZero and
-  candidate = ge.getGreaterOperand().getFullyConverted() and
-  // left/greater operand was a signed or unsigned IntegralType before conversions
+private predicate lookForUnsignedAt(GEExpr ge, Expr candidate) {
+  // Base case: `candidate >= 0`
+  ge.getRightOperand() instanceof ConstantZero and
+  candidate = ge.getLeftOperand().getFullyConverted() and
+  // left operand was a signed or unsigned IntegralType before conversions
   // (not a pointer, checking a pointer >= 0 is an entirely different mistake)
   // (not an enum, as the fully converted type of an enum is compiler dependent
   //  so checking an enum >= 0 is always reasonable)
-  ge.getGreaterOperand().getUnderlyingType() instanceof IntegralType
+  ge.getLeftOperand().getUnderlyingType() instanceof IntegralType
   or
   // Recursive case: `...(largerType)candidate >= 0`
   exists(Conversion conversion |
@@ -41,7 +37,7 @@ private predicate lookForUnsignedAt(RelationalOperation ge, Expr candidate) {
   )
 }
 
-class UnsignedGEZero extends ComparisonOperation {
+class UnsignedGEZero extends GEExpr {
   UnsignedGEZero() {
     exists(Expr ue |
       lookForUnsignedAt(this, ue) and

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Conversion/CastArrayPointerArithmetic.ql

@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ predicate introducesNewField(Class derived, Class base) {
 from DataFlow::PathNode source, DataFlow::PathNode sink, CastToPointerArithFlow cfg
 where
   cfg.hasFlowPath(source, sink) and
-  source.getNode().asExpr().getFullyConverted().getUnspecifiedType() =
-    sink.getNode().asExpr().getFullyConverted().getUnspecifiedType()
+  source.getNode().asExpr().getFullyConverted().getUnspecifiedType() = sink
+        .getNode()
+        .asExpr()
+        .getFullyConverted()
+        .getUnspecifiedType()
 select sink, source, sink,
   "Pointer arithmetic here may be done with the wrong type because of the cast $@.", source, "here"

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Format/SnprintfOverflow.ql

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ predicate flowsToExprImpl(Expr source, Expr sink, boolean pathMightOverflow) {
   pathMightOverflow = false and
   source.(FunctionCall).getTarget().(Snprintf).returnsFullFormatLength()
   or
-  exists(RangeSsaDefinition def, StackVariable v |
+  exists(RangeSsaDefinition def, LocalScopeVariable v |
     flowsToDef(source, def, v, pathMightOverflow) and
     sink = def.getAUse(v)
   )
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ predicate flowsToExprImpl(Expr source, Expr sink, boolean pathMightOverflow) {
  * `pathMightOverflow` is true if there is an arithmetic operation
  * on the path that might overflow.
  */
-predicate flowsToDef(Expr source, RangeSsaDefinition def, StackVariable v, boolean pathMightOverflow) {
+predicate flowsToDef(
+  Expr source, RangeSsaDefinition def, LocalScopeVariable v, boolean pathMightOverflow
+) {
   // Might the current definition overflow?
   exists(boolean otherMightOverflow | flowsToDefImpl(source, def, v, otherMightOverflow) |
     if defMightOverflow(def, v)
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ predicate flowsToDef(Expr source, RangeSsaDefinition def, StackVariable v, boole
  * the path. But it is a good way to reduce the number of false positives.
  */
 predicate flowsToDefImpl(
-  Expr source, RangeSsaDefinition def, StackVariable v, boolean pathMightOverflow
+  Expr source, RangeSsaDefinition def, LocalScopeVariable v, boolean pathMightOverflow
 ) {
   // Assignment or initialization: `e = v;`
   exists(Expr e |

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Format/WrongTypeFormatArguments.ql

@@ -130,8 +130,11 @@ predicate trivialConversion(ExpectedType expected, Type actual) {
     or
     // allow a pointer to any integral type of the same size
     // (this permits signedness changes)
-    expected.(PointerType).getBaseType().(IntegralType).getSize() =
-      actual.(PointerType).getBaseType().(IntegralType).getSize()
+    expected.(PointerType).getBaseType().(IntegralType).getSize() = actual
+          .(PointerType)
+          .getBaseType()
+          .(IntegralType)
+          .getSize()
     or
     expected = actual
   )

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/InconsistentCheckReturnNull.ql

@@ -25,16 +25,10 @@ predicate assertInvocation(File f, int line) {
   )
 }
 
-class InterestingExpr extends Expr {
-  InterestingExpr() { nullCheckInCondition(this, _, _) }
-}
-
-predicate nullCheckAssert(InterestingExpr e, Variable v, Declaration qualifier) {
+predicate nullCheckAssert(Expr e, Variable v, Declaration qualifier) {
+  nullCheckInCondition(e, v, qualifier) and
   exists(File f, int i |
-    e.getLocation().getStartLine() = i and
-    e.getFile() = f and
-    assertInvocation(f, i) and
-    nullCheckInCondition(e, v, qualifier)
+    e.getLocation().getStartLine() = i and e.getFile() = f and assertInvocation(f, i)
   )
 }
 

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Leap Year/Adding365DaysPerYear.ql

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
  * @id cpp/leap-year/adding-365-days-per-year
  * @precision medium
  * @tags leap-year
- *       correctness
  */
 
 import cpp

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Leap Year/UncheckedLeapYearAfterYearModification.ql

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
  * @id cpp/leap-year/unchecked-after-arithmetic-year-modification
  * @precision medium
  * @tags leap-year
- *       correctness
  */
 
 import cpp

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Leap Year/UncheckedReturnValueForTimeFunctions.ql

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
  * @id cpp/leap-year/unchecked-return-value-for-time-conversion-function
  * @precision medium
  * @tags leap-year
- *       correctness
  */
 
 import cpp

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Leap Year/UnsafeArrayForDaysOfYear.ql

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * @kind problem
  * @problem.severity warning
  * @id cpp/leap-year/unsafe-array-for-days-of-the-year
- * @precision low
+ * @precision medium
  * @tags security
  *       leap-year
  */

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Likely Typos/AssignWhereCompareMeant.ql

@@ -12,24 +12,24 @@
  */
 
 import cpp
-import semmle.code.cpp.controlflow.StackVariableReachability
+import semmle.code.cpp.controlflow.LocalScopeVariableReachability
 
-class UndefReachability extends StackVariableReachability {
+class UndefReachability extends LocalScopeVariableReachability {
   UndefReachability() { this = "UndefReachability" }
 
-  override predicate isSource(ControlFlowNode node, StackVariable v) {
+  override predicate isSource(ControlFlowNode node, LocalScopeVariable v) {
     candidateVariable(v) and
     node = v.getParentScope() and
     not v instanceof Parameter and
     not v.hasInitializer()
   }
 
-  override predicate isSink(ControlFlowNode node, StackVariable v) {
+  override predicate isSink(ControlFlowNode node, LocalScopeVariable v) {
     candidateVariable(v) and
     node = v.getAnAccess()
   }
 
-  override predicate isBarrier(ControlFlowNode node, StackVariable v) {
+  override predicate isBarrier(ControlFlowNode node, LocalScopeVariable v) {
     node.(AssignExpr).getLValue() = v.getAnAccess()
   }
 }
@@ -38,12 +38,6 @@ abstract class BooleanControllingAssignment extends AssignExpr {
   abstract predicate isWhitelisted();
 }
 
-/**
- * Gets an operand of a logical operation expression (we need the restriction
- * to BinaryLogicalOperation expressions to get the correct transitive closure).
- */
-Expr getComparisonOperand(BinaryLogicalOperation op) { result = op.getAnOperand() }
-
 class BooleanControllingAssignmentInExpr extends BooleanControllingAssignment {
   BooleanControllingAssignmentInExpr() {
     this.getParent() instanceof UnaryLogicalOperation or
@@ -51,18 +45,7 @@ class BooleanControllingAssignmentInExpr extends BooleanControllingAssignment {
     exists(ConditionalExpr c | c.getCondition() = this)
   }
 
-  override predicate isWhitelisted() {
-    this.getConversion().(ParenthesisExpr).isParenthesised()
-    or
-    // whitelist this assignment if all comparison operations in the expression that this
-    // assignment is part of, are not parenthesized. In that case it seems like programmer
-    // is fine with unparenthesized comparison operands to binary logical operators, and
-    // the parenthesis around this assignment was used to call it out as an assignment.
-    this.isParenthesised() and
-    forex(ComparisonOperation op | op = getComparisonOperand*(this.getParent+()) |
-      not op.isParenthesised()
-    )
-  }
+  override predicate isWhitelisted() { this.getConversion().(ParenthesisExpr).isParenthesised() }
 }
 
 class BooleanControllingAssignmentInStmt extends BooleanControllingAssignment {
@@ -82,8 +65,7 @@ class BooleanControllingAssignmentInStmt extends BooleanControllingAssignment {
  */
 predicate candidateResult(BooleanControllingAssignment ae) {
   ae.getRValue().isConstant() and
-  not ae.isWhitelisted() and
-  not ae.getRValue() instanceof StringLiteral
+  not ae.isWhitelisted()
 }
 
 /**
@@ -99,6 +81,5 @@ predicate candidateVariable(Variable v) {
 from BooleanControllingAssignment ae, UndefReachability undef
 where
   candidateResult(ae) and
-  not ae.isFromUninstantiatedTemplate(_) and
   not undef.reaches(_, ae.getLValue().(VariableAccess).getTarget(), ae.getLValue())
 select ae, "Use of '=' where '==' may have been intended."

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Likely Typos/CompareWhereAssignMeant.ql

@@ -15,10 +15,7 @@ import cpp
 
 from ExprInVoidContext op
 where
-  not op.isUnevaluated() and
-  (
-    op instanceof EQExpr
-    or
-    op.(FunctionCall).getTarget().hasName("operator==")
-  )
+  op instanceof EQExpr
+  or
+  op.(FunctionCall).getTarget().hasName("operator==")
 select op, "This '==' operator has no effect. The assignment ('=') operator was probably intended."

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Likely Typos/ExprHasNoEffect.ql

@@ -65,8 +65,11 @@ predicate functionDefinedInIfDefRecursive(Function f) {
  * break encapsulation.
  */
 predicate baseCall(FunctionCall call) {
-  call.getNameQualifier().getQualifyingElement() =
-    call.getEnclosingFunction().getDeclaringType().(Class).getABaseClass+()
+  call.getNameQualifier().getQualifyingElement() = call
+        .getEnclosingFunction()
+        .getDeclaringType()
+        .(Class)
+        .getABaseClass+()
 }
 
 from PureExprInVoidContext peivc, Locatable parent, Locatable info, string info_text, string tail
@@ -81,10 +84,8 @@ where
   not peivc.getEnclosingFunction().isDefaulted() and
   not exists(Macro m | peivc = m.getAnInvocation().getAnExpandedElement()) and
   not peivc.isFromTemplateInstantiation(_) and
-  not peivc.isFromUninstantiatedTemplate(_) and
   parent = peivc.getParent() and
   not parent.isInMacroExpansion() and
-  not peivc.isUnevaluated() and
   not parent instanceof PureExprInVoidContext and
   not peivc.getEnclosingFunction().isCompilerGenerated() and
   not peivc.getType() instanceof UnknownType and

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Likely Typos/LogicalExprCouldBeSimplified.ql

@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ predicate booleanLiteral(Literal l) {
 string boolLiteralInLogicalOp(Literal literal) {
   booleanLiteral(literal) and
   literal.getParent() instanceof BinaryLogicalOperation and
-  result =
-    "Literal value " + literal.getValueText() +
+  result = "Literal value " + literal.getValueText() +
       " is used in a logical expression; simplify or use a constant."
 }
 

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Likely Typos/ShortCircuitBitMask.ql

@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ where
   l = v.log2().floor() and
   if v = 2.pow(l)
   then
-    msg =
-      "Operand to short-circuiting operator looks like a flag (" + v + " = 2 ^ " + l +
+    msg = "Operand to short-circuiting operator looks like a flag (" + v + " = 2 ^ " + l +
         "), may be typo for bitwise operator."
   else
     exists(string kind |
@@ -50,8 +49,7 @@ where
         or
         e instanceof OctalLiteral and kind = "an octal literal"
       ) and
-      msg =
-        "Operand to short-circuiting operator is " + kind +
+      msg = "Operand to short-circuiting operator is " + kind +
           ", and therefore likely a flag; a bitwise operator may be intended."
     )
 select e, msg

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Likely Typos/UsingStrcpyAsBoolean.ql

@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ predicate isStringCopyUsedInLogicalOperationOrCondition(FunctionCall func, Expr
         func = ce.getCondition()
       )
     ) and
-    msg =
-      "Return value of " + func.getTarget().getName() +
+    msg = "Return value of " + func.getTarget().getName() +
         " used directly in a conditional expression."
   )
 }

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Likely Typos/inconsistentLoopDirection.ql

@@ -111,20 +111,17 @@ predicate illDefinedForStmt(ForStmt for, string message) {
     illDefinedForStmtWrongDirection(for, v, initialCondition, terminalCondition, isIncr) and
     if for.conditionAlwaysFalse()
     then
-      message =
-        "Ill-defined for-loop: a loop using variable \"" + v + "\" counts " +
+      message = "Ill-defined for-loop: a loop using variable \"" + v + "\" counts " +
           forLoopdirection(isIncr) + " from a value (" + initialCondition +
           "), but the terminal condition is always false."
     else
       if for.conditionAlwaysTrue()
       then
-        message =
-          "Ill-defined for-loop: a loop using variable \"" + v + "\" counts " +
+        message = "Ill-defined for-loop: a loop using variable \"" + v + "\" counts " +
             forLoopdirection(isIncr) + " from a value (" + initialCondition +
             "), but the terminal condition is always true."
       else
-        message =
-          "Ill-defined for-loop: a loop using variable \"" + v + "\" counts " +
+        message = "Ill-defined for-loop: a loop using variable \"" + v + "\" counts " +
             forLoopdirection(isIncr) + " from a value (" + initialCondition +
             "), but the terminal condition is " + forLoopTerminalConditionRelationship(isIncr) +
             " (" + terminalCondition + ")."

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Memory Management/ImproperNullTermination.ql

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  */
 
 import cpp
-import semmle.code.cpp.controlflow.StackVariableReachability
+import semmle.code.cpp.controlflow.LocalScopeVariableReachability
 import semmle.code.cpp.commons.NullTermination
 
 /**
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ DeclStmt declWithNoInit(LocalVariable v) {
   not exists(v.getInitializer())
 }
 
-class ImproperNullTerminationReachability extends StackVariableReachabilityWithReassignment {
+class ImproperNullTerminationReachability extends LocalScopeVariableReachabilityWithReassignment {
   ImproperNullTerminationReachability() { this = "ImproperNullTerminationReachability" }
 
-  override predicate isSourceActual(ControlFlowNode node, StackVariable v) {
+  override predicate isSourceActual(ControlFlowNode node, LocalScopeVariable v) {
     node = declWithNoInit(v)
     or
     exists(Call c, VariableAccess va |
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ class ImproperNullTerminationReachability extends StackVariableReachabilityWithR
     )
   }
 
-  override predicate isSinkActual(ControlFlowNode node, StackVariable v) {
+  override predicate isSinkActual(ControlFlowNode node, LocalScopeVariable v) {
     node.(VariableAccess).getTarget() = v and
     variableMustBeNullTerminated(node)
   }
 
-  override predicate isBarrier(ControlFlowNode node, StackVariable v) {
+  override predicate isBarrier(ControlFlowNode node, LocalScopeVariable v) {
     exprDefinition(v, node, _) or
     mayAddNullTerminator(node, v.getAnAccess()) or
     isSinkActual(node, v) // only report first use

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Memory Management/NtohlArrayNoBound.qll

@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class MallocSizeExpr extends BufferAccess, FunctionCall {
 
   override Expr getPointer() { none() }
 
-  override Expr getAccessedLength() { result = getArgument(0) }
+  override Expr getAccessedLength() { result = getArgument(1) }
 }
 
 class NetworkFunctionCall extends FunctionCall {

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Memory Management/PotentialBufferOverflow.ql

@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ class SprintfCall extends FunctionCall {
   predicate isDangerous() { this.getMaxConvertedLength() > this.getBufferSize() }
 
   string getDescription() {
-    result =
-      "This conversion may yield a string of length " + this.getMaxConvertedLength().toString() +
-        ", which exceeds the allocated buffer size of " + this.getBufferSize().toString()
+    result = "This conversion may yield a string of length " +
+        this.getMaxConvertedLength().toString() + ", which exceeds the allocated buffer size of " +
+        this.getBufferSize().toString()
   }
 }
 

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Memory Management/ReturnStackAllocatedMemory.ql

@@ -42,8 +42,10 @@ predicate hasNontrivialConversion(Expr e) {
   hasNontrivialConversion(e.getConversion())
 }
 
-from StackVariable var, VariableAccess va, ReturnStmt r
+from LocalScopeVariable var, VariableAccess va, ReturnStmt r
 where
+  not var.isStatic() and
+  not var.isThreadLocal() and
   not var.getUnspecifiedType() instanceof ReferenceType and
   not r.isFromUninstantiatedTemplate(_) and
   va = var.getAnAccess() and

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Memory Management/UninitializedLocal.ql

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  */
 
 import cpp
-import semmle.code.cpp.controlflow.StackVariableReachability
+import semmle.code.cpp.controlflow.LocalScopeVariableReachability
 
 /**
  * Auxiliary predicate: Types that don't require initialization
@@ -40,17 +40,23 @@ DeclStmt declWithNoInit(LocalVariable v) {
   result.getADeclaration() = v and
   not exists(v.getInitializer()) and
   /* The type of the variable is not stack-allocated. */
-  not allocatedType(v.getType())
+  not allocatedType(v.getType()) and
+  /* The variable is not static (otherwise it is zeroed). */
+  not v.isStatic() and
+  /* The variable is not extern (otherwise it is zeroed). */
+  not v.hasSpecifier("extern")
 }
 
-class UninitialisedLocalReachability extends StackVariableReachability {
+class UninitialisedLocalReachability extends LocalScopeVariableReachability {
   UninitialisedLocalReachability() { this = "UninitialisedLocal" }
 
-  override predicate isSource(ControlFlowNode node, StackVariable v) { node = declWithNoInit(v) }
+  override predicate isSource(ControlFlowNode node, LocalScopeVariable v) {
+    node = declWithNoInit(v)
+  }
 
-  override predicate isSink(ControlFlowNode node, StackVariable v) { useOfVarActual(v, node) }
+  override predicate isSink(ControlFlowNode node, LocalScopeVariable v) { useOfVarActual(v, node) }
 
-  override predicate isBarrier(ControlFlowNode node, StackVariable v) {
+  override predicate isBarrier(ControlFlowNode node, LocalScopeVariable v) {
     // only report the _first_ possibly uninitialized use
     useOfVarActual(v, node) or
     definitionBarrier(v, node)

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Protocols/TlsSettingsMisconfiguration.qhelp

@@ -3,20 +3,9 @@
   "qhelp.dtd">
 <qhelp>
 <overview>
-  <p>Using the TLS or SSLv23 protocol from the boost::asio library, but not disabling deprecated protocols may expose the software to known vulnerabilities or permit weak encryption algorithms to be used.  Disabling the minimum-recommended protocols is also flagged.</p>
+  <p>Using TLS or SSLv23 protool from the boost::asio library, but not disabling deprecated protocols or disabling minimum-recommended protocols.</p>
 </overview>
 
-<recommendation>
-<p>When using the TLS or SSLv23 protocol, set the <code>no_tlsv1</code> and <code>no_tlsv1_1</code> options, but do not set <code>no_tlsv1_2</code>. When using the SSLv23 protocol, also set the <code>no_sslv3</code> option.</p>
-</recommendation>
-
-<example>
-<p>In the following example, the <code>no_tlsv1_1</code> option has not been set.  Use of TLS 1.1 is not recommended.</p>
-<sample src="TlsSettingsMisconfigurationBad.cpp"/>
-<p>In the corrected example, the <code>no_tlsv1</code> and <code>no_tlsv1_1</code> options have both been set, ensuring the use of TLS 1.2 or later.</p>
-<sample src="TlsSettingsMisconfigurationGood.cpp"/>
-</example>
-
 <references>
   <li>
     <a href="https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_71_0/doc/html/boost_asio.html">Boost.Asio documentation</a>.

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Protocols/TlsSettingsMisconfiguration.ql

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 /**
  * @name Boost_asio TLS Settings Misconfiguration
- * @description Using the TLS or SSLv23 protocol from the boost::asio library, but not disabling deprecated protocols, or disabling minimum-recommended protocols.
+ * @description Using TLS or SSLv23 protool from the boost::asio library, but not disabling deprecated protocols or disabling minimum-recommended protocols
  * @kind problem
  * @problem.severity error
- * @id cpp/boost/tls-settings-misconfiguration
+ * @id cpp/boost/tls_settings_misconfiguration
  * @tags security
  */
 

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Protocols/TlsSettingsMisconfigurationBad.cpp

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-
-void useTLS_bad()
-{
-	boost::asio::ssl::context ctx(boost::asio::ssl::context::tls);
-	ctx.set_options(boost::asio::ssl::context::no_tlsv1); // BAD: missing no_tlsv1_1
-
-	// ...
-}

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Protocols/TlsSettingsMisconfigurationGood.cpp

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-
-void useTLS_good()
-{
-	boost::asio::ssl::context ctx(boost::asio::ssl::context::tls);
-	ctx.set_options(boost::asio::ssl::context::no_tlsv1 | boost::asio::ssl::context::no_tlsv1_1); // GOOD
-
-	// ...
-}

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Protocols/UseOfDeprecatedHardcodedProtocol.qhelp

@@ -4,22 +4,13 @@
 <qhelp>
 <overview>
   <p>Using boost::asio library but specifying a deprecated hardcoded protocol.</p>
+  <p>Using a deprecated hardcoded protocol instead of negotiting would lock your application to a protocol that has known vulnerabilities or weaknesses.</p>
 </overview>
 
-<recommendation>
-<p>Only use modern protocols such as TLS 1.2 or TLS 1.3.</p>
-</recommendation>
-
-<example>
-<p>In the following example, the <code>sslv2</code> protocol is specified.  This protocol is out of date and its use is not recommended.</p>
-<sample src="UseOfDeprecatedHardcodedProtocolBad.cpp"/>
-<p>In the corrected example, the <code>tlsv13</code> protocol is used instead.</p>
-<sample src="UseOfDeprecatedHardcodedProtocolGood.cpp"/>
-</example>
-
 <references>
   <li>
     <a href="https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_71_0/doc/html/boost_asio.html">Boost.Asio documentation</a>.
   </li>
 </references>
 </qhelp>
+

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Protocols/UseOfDeprecatedHardcodedProtocolBad.cpp

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-
-void useProtocol_bad()
-{
-	boost::asio::ssl::context ctx_sslv2(boost::asio::ssl::context::sslv2); // BAD: outdated protocol
-
-	// ...
-}

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Protocols/UseOfDeprecatedHardcodedProtocolGood.cpp

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-
-void useProtocol_good()
-{
-	boost::asio::ssl::context cxt_tlsv13(boost::asio::ssl::context::tlsv13);
-
-	// ...
-}

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/RedundantNullCheckSimple.ql

@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ class NullInstruction extends ConstantValueInstruction {
 }
 
 predicate explicitNullTestOfInstruction(Instruction checked, Instruction bool) {
-  bool =
-    any(CompareInstruction cmp |
+  bool = any(CompareInstruction cmp |
       exists(NullInstruction null |
         cmp.getLeft() = null and cmp.getRight() = checked
         or
@@ -41,8 +40,7 @@ predicate explicitNullTestOfInstruction(Instruction checked, Instruction bool) {
       )
     )
   or
-  bool =
-    any(ConvertInstruction convert |
+  bool = any(ConvertInstruction convert |
       checked = convert.getUnary() and
       convert.getResultType() instanceof BoolType and
       checked.getResultType() instanceof PointerType

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/ReturnConstTypeMember.cpp

@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ struct S {
   
   // Whereas here it does make a semantic difference.
   auto getValCorrect() const -> int {
-    return val;
+    return val
   }
 };

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/ReturnConstTypeMember.ql

@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ where
   hasSuperfluousConstReturn(f) and
   if f.hasSpecifier("const") or f.isStatic()
   then
-    message =
-      "The 'const' modifier has no effect on return types. The 'const' modifying the return type can be removed."
+    message = "The 'const' modifier has no effect on return types. The 'const' modifying the return type can be removed."
   else
-    message =
-      "The 'const' modifier has no effect on return types. For a const function, the 'const' should go after the parameter list."
+    message = "The 'const' modifier has no effect on return types. For a const function, the 'const' should go after the parameter list."
 select f, message

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Underspecified Functions/ImplicitFunctionDeclaration.c

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-/* '#include <stdlib.h>' was forgotton */
-
-int main(void) {
-	/* 'int malloc()' assumed */
-	unsigned char *p = malloc(100);
-	*p = 'a';
-	return 0;
-}

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Underspecified Functions/ImplicitFunctionDeclaration.qhelp

@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE qhelp PUBLIC
-  "-//Semmle//qhelp//EN"
-  "qhelp.dtd">
-<qhelp>
-
-
-<overview>
-<p>A function is called without a prior function declaration or definition.
-When this happens, the compiler generates an implicit declaration of the function,
-specifying an integer return type and no parameters.
-If the implicit declaration does not match the true signature of the function, the
-function may behave unpredictably.</p>
-
-<p>This may indicate a misspelled function name, or that the required header containing
-the function declaration has not been included.</p>
-
-</overview>
-<recommendation>
-<p>Provide an explicit declaration of the function before invoking it.</p>
-
-</recommendation>
-<example><sample src="ImplicitFunctionDeclaration.c" />
-
-</example>
-
-<references>
-<li>SEI CERT C Coding Standard: <a href="https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/DCL31-C.+Declare+identifiers+before+using+them">DCL31-C. Declare identifiers before using them</a></li>
-</references>
-</qhelp>

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Underspecified Functions/ImplicitFunctionDeclaration.ql

@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @name Implicit function declaration
- * @description An implicitly declared function is assumed to take no
- * arguments and return an integer. If this assumption does not hold, it
- * may lead to unpredictable behavior.
- * @kind problem
- * @problem.severity warning
- * @precision high
- * @id cpp/implicit-function-declaration
- * @tags correctness
- *       maintainability
- */
-
-import cpp
-import MistypedFunctionArguments
-import TooFewArguments
-import TooManyArguments
-import semmle.code.cpp.commons.Exclusions
-
-predicate locInfo(Locatable e, File file, int line, int col) {
-  e.getFile() = file and
-  e.getLocation().getStartLine() = line and
-  e.getLocation().getStartColumn() = col
-}
-
-predicate sameLocation(FunctionDeclarationEntry fde, FunctionCall fc) {
-  exists(File file, int line, int col |
-    locInfo(fde, file, line, col) and
-    locInfo(fc, file, line, col)
-  )
-}
-
-predicate isCompiledAsC(File f) {
-  f.compiledAsC()
-  or
-  exists(File src | isCompiledAsC(src) | src.getAnIncludedFile() = f)
-}
-
-from FunctionDeclarationEntry fdeIm, FunctionCall fc
-where
-  isCompiledAsC(fdeIm.getFile()) and
-  not isFromMacroDefinition(fc) and
-  fdeIm.isImplicit() and
-  sameLocation(fdeIm, fc) and
-  not mistypedFunctionArguments(fc, _, _) and
-  not tooFewArguments(fc, _) and
-  not tooManyArguments(fc, _)
-select fc, "Function call implicitly declares '" + fdeIm.getName() + "'."

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Underspecified Functions/MistypedFunctionArguments.ql

@@ -12,10 +12,95 @@
  */
 
 import cpp
-import MistypedFunctionArguments
+
+predicate arithTypesMatch(Type arg, Type parm) {
+  arg = parm
+  or
+  arg.getSize() = parm.getSize() and
+  (
+    arg instanceof IntegralOrEnumType and
+    parm instanceof IntegralOrEnumType
+    or
+    arg instanceof FloatingPointType and
+    parm instanceof FloatingPointType
+  )
+}
+
+pragma[inline]
+predicate nestedPointerArgTypeMayBeUsed(Type arg, Type parm) {
+  // arithmetic types
+  arithTypesMatch(arg, parm)
+  or
+  // conversion to/from pointers to void is allowed
+  arg instanceof VoidType
+  or
+  parm instanceof VoidType
+}
+
+pragma[inline]
+predicate pointerArgTypeMayBeUsed(Type arg, Type parm) {
+  nestedPointerArgTypeMayBeUsed(arg, parm)
+  or
+  // nested pointers
+  nestedPointerArgTypeMayBeUsed(arg.(PointerType).getBaseType().getUnspecifiedType(),
+    parm.(PointerType).getBaseType().getUnspecifiedType())
+  or
+  nestedPointerArgTypeMayBeUsed(arg.(ArrayType).getBaseType().getUnspecifiedType(),
+    parm.(PointerType).getBaseType().getUnspecifiedType())
+}
+
+pragma[inline]
+predicate argTypeMayBeUsed(Type arg, Type parm) {
+  // arithmetic types
+  arithTypesMatch(arg, parm)
+  or
+  // pointers to compatible types
+  pointerArgTypeMayBeUsed(arg.(PointerType).getBaseType().getUnspecifiedType(),
+    parm.(PointerType).getBaseType().getUnspecifiedType())
+  or
+  pointerArgTypeMayBeUsed(arg.(ArrayType).getBaseType().getUnspecifiedType(),
+    parm.(PointerType).getBaseType().getUnspecifiedType())
+  or
+  // C11 arrays
+  pointerArgTypeMayBeUsed(arg.(PointerType).getBaseType().getUnspecifiedType(),
+    parm.(ArrayType).getBaseType().getUnspecifiedType())
+  or
+  pointerArgTypeMayBeUsed(arg.(ArrayType).getBaseType().getUnspecifiedType(),
+    parm.(ArrayType).getBaseType().getUnspecifiedType())
+}
+
+// This predicate holds whenever expression `arg` may be used to initialize
+// function parameter `parm` without need for run-time conversion.
+pragma[inline]
+predicate argMayBeUsed(Expr arg, Parameter parm) {
+  argTypeMayBeUsed(arg.getFullyConverted().getUnspecifiedType(), parm.getUnspecifiedType())
+}
+
+// True if function was ()-declared, but not (void)-declared or K&R-defined
+predicate hasZeroParamDecl(Function f) {
+  exists(FunctionDeclarationEntry fde | fde = f.getADeclarationEntry() |
+    not fde.hasVoidParamList() and fde.getNumberOfParameters() = 0 and not fde.isDefinition()
+  )
+}
+
+// True if this file (or header) was compiled as a C file
+predicate isCompiledAsC(Function f) {
+  exists(File file | file.compiledAsC() |
+    file = f.getFile() or file.getAnIncludedFile+() = f.getFile()
+  )
+}
 
 from FunctionCall fc, Function f, Parameter p
-where mistypedFunctionArguments(fc, f, p)
+where
+  f = fc.getTarget() and
+  p = f.getAParameter() and
+  hasZeroParamDecl(f) and
+  isCompiledAsC(f) and
+  not f.isVarargs() and
+  not f instanceof BuiltInFunction and
+  p.getIndex() < fc.getNumberOfArguments() and
+  // Parameter p and its corresponding call argument must have mismatched types
+  not argMayBeUsed(fc.getArgument(p.getIndex()), p)
 select fc, "Calling $@: argument $@ of type $@ is incompatible with parameter $@.", f, f.toString(),
   fc.getArgument(p.getIndex()) as arg, arg.toString(),
   arg.getExplicitlyConverted().getUnspecifiedType() as atype, atype.toString(), p, p.getTypedName()

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Underspecified Functions/MistypedFunctionArguments.qll

@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Provides the implementation of the MistypedFunctionArguments query. The
- * query is implemented as a library, so that we can avoid producing
- * duplicate results in other similar queries.
- */
-
-import cpp
-
-pragma[inline]
-private predicate arithTypesMatch(Type arg, Type parm) {
-  arg = parm
-  or
-  arg.getSize() = parm.getSize() and
-  (
-    arg instanceof IntegralOrEnumType and
-    parm instanceof IntegralOrEnumType
-    or
-    arg instanceof FloatingPointType and
-    parm instanceof FloatingPointType
-  )
-}
-
-pragma[inline]
-private predicate nestedPointerArgTypeMayBeUsed(Type arg, Type parm) {
-  // arithmetic types
-  arithTypesMatch(arg, parm)
-  or
-  // conversion to/from pointers to void is allowed
-  arg instanceof VoidType
-  or
-  parm instanceof VoidType
-}
-
-pragma[inline]
-private predicate pointerArgTypeMayBeUsed(Type arg, Type parm) {
-  nestedPointerArgTypeMayBeUsed(arg, parm)
-  or
-  // nested pointers
-  nestedPointerArgTypeMayBeUsed(arg.(PointerType).getBaseType().getUnspecifiedType(),
-    parm.(PointerType).getBaseType().getUnspecifiedType())
-  or
-  nestedPointerArgTypeMayBeUsed(arg.(ArrayType).getBaseType().getUnspecifiedType(),
-    parm.(PointerType).getBaseType().getUnspecifiedType())
-}
-
-pragma[inline]
-private predicate argTypeMayBeUsed(Type arg, Type parm) {
-  // arithmetic types
-  arithTypesMatch(arg, parm)
-  or
-  // pointers to compatible types
-  pointerArgTypeMayBeUsed(arg.(PointerType).getBaseType().getUnspecifiedType(),
-    parm.(PointerType).getBaseType().getUnspecifiedType())
-  or
-  pointerArgTypeMayBeUsed(arg.(ArrayType).getBaseType().getUnspecifiedType(),
-    parm.(PointerType).getBaseType().getUnspecifiedType())
-  or
-  // C11 arrays
-  pointerArgTypeMayBeUsed(arg.(PointerType).getBaseType().getUnspecifiedType(),
-    parm.(ArrayType).getBaseType().getUnspecifiedType())
-  or
-  pointerArgTypeMayBeUsed(arg.(ArrayType).getBaseType().getUnspecifiedType(),
-    parm.(ArrayType).getBaseType().getUnspecifiedType())
-}
-
-// This predicate holds whenever expression `arg` may be used to initialize
-// function parameter `parm` without need for run-time conversion.
-pragma[inline]
-private predicate argMayBeUsed(Expr arg, Parameter parm) {
-  argTypeMayBeUsed(arg.getFullyConverted().getUnspecifiedType(), parm.getUnspecifiedType())
-}
-
-// True if function was ()-declared, but not (void)-declared or K&R-defined
-private predicate hasZeroParamDecl(Function f) {
-  exists(FunctionDeclarationEntry fde | fde = f.getADeclarationEntry() |
-    not fde.hasVoidParamList() and fde.getNumberOfParameters() = 0 and not fde.isDefinition()
-  )
-}
-
-// True if this file (or header) was compiled as a C file
-private predicate isCompiledAsC(File f) {
-  f.compiledAsC()
-  or
-  exists(File src | isCompiledAsC(src) | src.getAnIncludedFile() = f)
-}
-
-predicate mistypedFunctionArguments(FunctionCall fc, Function f, Parameter p) {
-  f = fc.getTarget() and
-  p = f.getAParameter() and
-  hasZeroParamDecl(f) and
-  isCompiledAsC(f.getFile()) and
-  not f.isVarargs() and
-  not f instanceof BuiltInFunction and
-  p.getIndex() < fc.getNumberOfArguments() and
-  // Parameter p and its corresponding call argument must have mismatched types
-  not argMayBeUsed(fc.getArgument(p.getIndex()), p)
-}

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Underspecified Functions/TooFewArguments.ql

@@ -15,8 +15,31 @@
  */
 
 import cpp
-import TooFewArguments
+
+// True if function was ()-declared, but not (void)-declared or K&R-defined
+predicate hasZeroParamDecl(Function f) {
+  exists(FunctionDeclarationEntry fde | fde = f.getADeclarationEntry() |
+    not fde.hasVoidParamList() and fde.getNumberOfParameters() = 0 and not fde.isDefinition()
+  )
+}
+
+// True if this file (or header) was compiled as a C file
+predicate isCompiledAsC(Function f) {
+  exists(File file | file.compiledAsC() |
+    file = f.getFile() or file.getAnIncludedFile+() = f.getFile()
+  )
+}
 
 from FunctionCall fc, Function f
-where tooFewArguments(fc, f)
+where
+  f = fc.getTarget() and
+  not f.isVarargs() and
+  not f instanceof BuiltInFunction and
+  hasZeroParamDecl(f) and
+  isCompiledAsC(f) and
+  // There is an explicit declaration of the function whose parameter count is larger
+  // than the number of call arguments
+  exists(FunctionDeclarationEntry fde | fde = f.getADeclarationEntry() |
+    fde.getNumberOfParameters() > fc.getNumberOfArguments()
+  )
 select fc, "This call has fewer arguments than required by $@.", f, f.toString()

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Underspecified Functions/TooFewArguments.qll

@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Provides the implementation of the TooFewArguments query. The
- * query is implemented as a library, so that we can avoid producing
- * duplicate results in other similar queries.
- */
-
-import cpp
-
-// True if function was ()-declared, but not (void)-declared or K&R-defined
-private predicate hasZeroParamDecl(Function f) {
-  exists(FunctionDeclarationEntry fde | fde = f.getADeclarationEntry() |
-    not fde.hasVoidParamList() and fde.getNumberOfParameters() = 0 and not fde.isDefinition()
-  )
-}
-
-// True if this file (or header) was compiled as a C file
-private predicate isCompiledAsC(File f) {
-  f.compiledAsC()
-  or
-  exists(File src | isCompiledAsC(src) | src.getAnIncludedFile() = f)
-}
-
-predicate tooFewArguments(FunctionCall fc, Function f) {
-  f = fc.getTarget() and
-  not f.isVarargs() and
-  not f instanceof BuiltInFunction and
-  hasZeroParamDecl(f) and
-  isCompiledAsC(f.getFile()) and
-  // There is an explicit declaration of the function whose parameter count is larger
-  // than the number of call arguments
-  exists(FunctionDeclarationEntry fde | fde = f.getADeclarationEntry() |
-    fde.getNumberOfParameters() > fc.getNumberOfArguments()
-  )
-}

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Underspecified Functions/TooManyArguments.ql

@@ -12,8 +12,35 @@
  */
 
 import cpp
-import TooManyArguments
+
+// True if function was ()-declared, but not (void)-declared or K&R-defined
+// or implicitly declared (i.e., lacking a prototype)
+predicate hasZeroParamDecl(Function f) {
+  exists(FunctionDeclarationEntry fde | fde = f.getADeclarationEntry() |
+    not fde.isImplicit() and
+    not fde.hasVoidParamList() and
+    fde.getNumberOfParameters() = 0 and
+    not fde.isDefinition()
+  )
+}
+
+// True if this file (or header) was compiled as a C file
+predicate isCompiledAsC(Function f) {
+  exists(File file | file.compiledAsC() |
+    file = f.getFile() or file.getAnIncludedFile+() = f.getFile()
+  )
+}
 
 from FunctionCall fc, Function f
-where tooManyArguments(fc, f)
+where
+  f = fc.getTarget() and
+  not f.isVarargs() and
+  hasZeroParamDecl(f) and
+  isCompiledAsC(f) and
+  exists(f.getBlock()) and
+  // There must not exist a declaration with the number of parameters
+  // at least as large as the number of call arguments
+  not exists(FunctionDeclarationEntry fde | fde = f.getADeclarationEntry() |
+    fde.getNumberOfParameters() >= fc.getNumberOfArguments()
+  )
 select fc, "This call has more arguments than required by $@.", f, f.toString()

cpp/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Underspecified Functions/TooManyArguments.qll

@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Provides the implementation of the TooManyArguments query. The
- * query is implemented as a library, so that we can avoid producing
- * duplicate results in other similar queries.
- */
-
-import cpp
-
-// True if function was ()-declared, but not (void)-declared or K&R-defined
-// or implicitly declared (i.e., lacking a prototype)
-private predicate hasZeroParamDecl(Function f) {
-  exists(FunctionDeclarationEntry fde | fde = f.getADeclarationEntry() |
-    not fde.isImplicit() and
-    not fde.hasVoidParamList() and
-    fde.getNumberOfParameters() = 0 and
-    not fde.isDefinition()
-  )
-}
-
-// True if this file (or header) was compiled as a C file
-private predicate isCompiledAsC(File f) {
-  f.compiledAsC()
-  or
-  exists(File src | isCompiledAsC(src) | src.getAnIncludedFile() = f)
-}
-
-predicate tooManyArguments(FunctionCall fc, Function f) {
-  f = fc.getTarget() and
-  not f.isVarargs() and
-  hasZeroParamDecl(f) and
-  isCompiledAsC(f.getFile()) and
-  exists(f.getBlock()) and
-  // There must not exist a declaration with the number of parameters
-  // at least as large as the number of call arguments
-  not exists(FunctionDeclarationEntry fde | fde = f.getADeclarationEntry() |
-    fde.getNumberOfParameters() >= fc.getNumberOfArguments()
-  )
-}

cpp/ql/src/Metrics/Classes/CLinesOfCode.ql

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import cpp
 from Class c, int n
 where
   c.fromSource() and
-  n =
-    c.getMetrics().getNumberOfMembers() +
+  n = c.getMetrics().getNumberOfMembers() +
       sum(Function f | c.getACanonicalMemberFunction() = f | f.getMetrics().getNumberOfLinesOfCode())
 select c, n order by n desc

cpp/ql/src/Metrics/Classes/CPercentageOfComplexCode.ql

@@ -15,15 +15,16 @@ import cpp
 from Class c, int ccLoc, int loc
 where
   c.fromSource() and
-  ccLoc =
-    sum(Function f |
+  ccLoc = sum(Function f |
       c.getACanonicalMemberFunction() = f and
       f.getMetrics().getCyclomaticComplexity() > 18
     |
       f.getMetrics().getNumberOfLinesOfCode()
     ) and
-  loc =
-    sum(Function f | c.getACanonicalMemberFunction() = f | f.getMetrics().getNumberOfLinesOfCode()) +
-      c.getMetrics().getNumberOfMembers() and
+  loc = sum(Function f |
+        c.getACanonicalMemberFunction() = f
+      |
+        f.getMetrics().getNumberOfLinesOfCode()
+      ) + c.getMetrics().getNumberOfMembers() and
   loc != 0
 select c, (ccLoc * 100).(float) / loc as n order by n desc

cpp/ql/src/Metrics/Dependencies/ExternalDependencies.qll

@@ -76,8 +76,7 @@ class Library extends LibraryT {
  * `sourceFile` is not in `destLib`).
  */
 predicate libDependencies(File sourceFile, Library destLib, int num) {
-  num =
-    strictcount(Element source, Element dest, File destFile |
+  num = strictcount(Element source, Element dest, File destFile |
       // dependency from source -> dest.
       dependsOnSimple(source, dest) and
       sourceFile = source.getFile() and
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ predicate libDependencies(File sourceFile, Library destLib, int num) {
 predicate encodedDependencies(File source, string encodedDependency, int num) {
   exists(Library destLib |
     libDependencies(source, destLib, num) and
-    encodedDependency =
-      "/" + source.getRelativePath() + "<|>" + destLib.getName() + "<|>" + destLib.getVersion()
+    encodedDependency = "/" + source.getRelativePath() + "<|>" + destLib.getName() + "<|>" +
+        destLib.getVersion()
   )
 }

cpp/ql/src/Metrics/Files/ConditionalSegmentLines.ql

@@ -85,8 +85,7 @@ private predicate closeWithDepth(int depth, File f, PreprocessorDirective close,
 predicate length(PreprocessorDirective open, int length) {
   exists(int depth, File f, int start, int end |
     openWithDepth(depth, f, open, start) and
-    end =
-      min(PreprocessorDirective endif, int closeLine |
+    end = min(PreprocessorDirective endif, int closeLine |
         closeWithDepth(depth, f, endif, closeLine) and
         closeLine > start
       |

cpp/ql/src/Metrics/Files/FCyclomaticComplexity.ql

@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ where
   if loc > 0
   then
     // Weighted average of complexity by function length
-    complexity =
-      sum(FunctionDeclarationEntry fde |
+    complexity = sum(FunctionDeclarationEntry fde |
           fde.getFile() = f
         |
           fde.getNumberOfLines() * fde.getCyclomaticComplexity()

cpp/ql/src/Metrics/Files/FLinesOfDuplicatedCode.ql

@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ import external.CodeDuplication
 
 from File f, int n
 where
-  n =
-    count(int line |
+  n = count(int line |
       exists(DuplicateBlock d | d.sourceFile() = f |
         line in [d.sourceStartLine() .. d.sourceEndLine()]
       ) and

cpp/ql/src/Metrics/Files/FTodoComments.ql

@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ import cpp
 from File f, int n
 where
   f.fromSource() and
-  n =
-    count(Comment c |
+  n = count(Comment c |
       c.getFile() = f and
       (
         c.getContents().matches("%TODO%") or