We decided to search and fix potential vulnerabilities in various projects. You can call this as you wish — some kind of help to open source projects; a method of promotion or testing of the analyzer. Another way to see it as a way to attract attention to the reliability and quality of the code. In fact, the way to name these posts does not really matter — we just like doing it. This is our little hobby. So, let us have a look at our findings in the code of various projects this week — we had some time to make fixes and suggest looking at them.

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Vulnerabilities

In this section we show those defects that fall under the CWE classification and are potential vulnerabilities in their core. Of course, not all weaknesses are really threatening for a project, but we wanted to show that our tool is able to detect them.

1. Clang. CWE-571 (Expression is Always True)

V768 The enumeration constant ‘S_MOVRELS_B64’ is used as a variable of a Boolean-type. gcnhazardrecognizer.cpp 75

namespace AMDGPU {

enum {

....

S_MOVRELS_B64 = 4043,

....

};

} static bool isSMovRel(unsigned Opcode) {

return

Opcode == AMDGPU::S_MOVRELS_B32 || AMDGPU::S_MOVRELS_B64 ||

Opcode == AMDGPU::S_MOVRELD_B32 || AMDGPU::S_MOVRELD_B64;

}

Report: https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32248

2. Clang. CWE-457 (Use of Uninitialized Variable)

V573 Uninitialized variable ‘BytesToDrop’ was used. The variable was used to initialize itself. typerecordmapping.cpp 73

static Error mapNameAndUniqueName(....) {

....

size_t BytesLeft = IO.maxFieldLength();

if (HasUniqueName) {

.....

if (BytesNeeded > BytesLeft) {

size_t BytesToDrop = (BytesNeeded - BytesLeft);

size_t DropN = std::min(N.size(), BytesToDrop / 2);

size_t DropU = std::min(U.size(), BytesToDrop - DropN);

....

}

} else {

size_t BytesNeeded = Name.size() + 1;

StringRef N = Name;

if (BytesNeeded > BytesLeft) {

size_t BytesToDrop = std::min(N.size(), BytesToDrop); // <=

N = N.drop_back(BytesToDrop);

}

error(IO.mapStringZ(N));

}

....

}

Report: https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32249

3. Clang. CWE-570 Expression is Always False

V517 The use of ‘if (A) {…} else if (A) {…}’ pattern was detected. There is a probability of logical error presence. Check lines: 416, 418. iteratorpastendchecker.cpp 416

bool IteratorPastEndChecker::evalCall(const CallExpr *CE,

CheckerContext &C) const {

....

if (FD->getIdentifier() == II_find) {

return evalFind(C, CE);

} else if (FD->getIdentifier() == II_find_end) {

return evalFindEnd(C, CE);

} else if (FD->getIdentifier() == II_find_first_of) {

return evalFindFirstOf(C, CE);

} else if (FD->getIdentifier() == II_find_if) { // <=

return evalFindIf(C, CE);

} else if (FD->getIdentifier() == II_find_if) { // <=

return evalFindIf(C, CE);

} else if (FD->getIdentifier() == II_find_if_not) {

return evalFindIfNot(C, CE);

} else if (FD->getIdentifier() == II_upper_bound) {

return evalUpperBound(C, CE);

} else if (FD->getIdentifier() == II_lower_bound) {

return evalLowerBound(C, CE);

} else if (FD->getIdentifier() == II_search) {

return evalSearch(C, CE);

} else if (FD->getIdentifier() == II_search_n) {

return evalSearchN(C, CE);

}

....

}

Report: https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32250

4. GCC. CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

V595 The ‘m->component’ pointer was utilized before it was verified against nullptr. Check lines: 399, 407. genmodes.c 399

static void complete_mode (struct mode_data *m)

{

....

if ( m->cl == MODE_COMPLEX_INT

|| m->cl == MODE_COMPLEX_FLOAT)

alignment = m->component->bytesize; // <=

else

alignment = m->bytesize; m->alignment = alignment & (~alignment + 1); if (m->component) // <=

{

m->next_cont = m->component->contained;

m->component->contained = m;

}

}

Report: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=80049

5. GCC. CWE-570 (Expression is Always False)

V625 Consider inspecting the ‘for’ operator. Initial and final values of the iterator are the same. sese.c 201

void free_sese_info (sese_info_p region)

{

region->params.release ();

region->loop_nest.release (); for (rename_map_t::iterator it = region->rename_map->begin();

it != region->rename_map->begin (); ++it) // <=

(*it).second.release();

....

}

Report: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=80048

6. GCC. CWE-571 (Expression is Always True)

V501 There are identical sub-expressions ‘!strcmp(a->v.val_vms_delta.lbl1, b->v.val_vms_delta.lbl1)’ to the left and to the right of the ‘&&’ operator. dwarf2out.c 1434

static bool dw_val_equal_p (dw_val_node *a, dw_val_node *b)

{

....

switch (a->val_class)

{

....

case dw_val_class_vms_delta:

return ( !strcmp (a->v.val_vms_delta.lbl1,

b->v.val_vms_delta.lbl1)

&& !strcmp (a->v.val_vms_delta.lbl1,

b->v.val_vms_delta.lbl1));

....

}

....

}

Report: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=80051

7. GCC. CWE-483 (Incorrect Block Delimitation)

V640 The code’s operational logic does not correspond with its formatting. The second statement will always be executed. It is possible that curly brackets are missing. asan.c 2582

void initialize_sanitizer_builtins (void)

{

....

#define DEF_SANITIZER_BUILTIN(ENUM, NAME, TYPE, ATTRS) \

decl = add_builtin_function ("__builtin_" NAME, TYPE, ENUM, \

BUILT_IN_NORMAL, NAME, NULL_TREE); \

set_call_expr_flags (decl, ATTRS); \

set_builtin_decl (ENUM, decl, true); #include "sanitizer.def" if ((flag_sanitize & SANITIZE_OBJECT_SIZE)

&& !builtin_decl_implicit_p (BUILT_IN_OBJECT_SIZE))

DEF_SANITIZER_BUILTIN (BUILT_IN_OBJECT_SIZE, "object_size",

BT_FN_SIZE_CONST_PTR_INT,

ATTR_PURE_NOTHROW_LEAF_LIST)

....

}

Report: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=80063

8. FreeBSD. CWE-467: (Use of sizeof() on a Pointer Type)

V512 A call of the ‘memset’ function will lead to underflow of the buffer ‘plog’. nat64lsn.c 218

struct pfloghdr {

u_int8_t length;

sa_family_t af;

u_int8_t action;

u_int8_t reason;

char ifname[IFNAMSIZ];

char ruleset[PFLOG_RULESET_NAME_SIZE];

u_int32_t rulenr;

u_int32_t subrulenr;

uid_t uid;

pid_t pid;

uid_t rule_uid;

pid_t rule_pid;

u_int8_t dir;

u_int8_t pad[3];

}; static void

nat64lsn_log(struct pfloghdr *plog, ....)

{

memset(plog, 0, sizeof(plog)); // <=

plog->length = PFLOG_REAL_HDRLEN;

plog->af = family;

plog->action = PF_NAT;

plog->dir = PF_IN;

plog->rulenr = htonl(n);

plog->subrulenr = htonl(sn);

plog->ruleset[0] = '\0';

strlcpy(plog->ifname, "NAT64LSN", sizeof(plog->ifname));

ipfw_bpf_mtap2(plog, PFLOG_HDRLEN, m);

}

Report: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=217738

9. FreeBSD. CWE-570 (Expression is Always False)

V517 The use of ‘if (A) {…} else if (A) {…}’ pattern was detected. There is a probability of logical error presence. Check lines: 102, 109. dtrace_debug.c 102

static void

dtrace_debug_output(void)

{

....

if (d->first < d->next) {

char *p1 = dtrace_debug_bufr;

count = (uintptr_t) d->next - (uintptr_t) d->first;

for (p = d->first; p < d->next; p++)

*p1++ = *p;

} else if (d->next > d->first) {

char *p1 = dtrace_debug_bufr;

count = (uintptr_t) d->last - (uintptr_t) d->first;

for (p = d->first; p < d->last; p++)

*p1++ = *p;

count += (uintptr_t) d->next - (uintptr_t) d->bufr;

for (p = d->bufr; p < d->next; p++)

*p1++ = *p;

}

....

}

Report: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=217739

10. FreeBSD. CWE-571 (Expression is Always True)

V547 Expression ‘cfgflags >= 0 || cfgflags <= 3’ is always true. hwpmc_piv.c 812

V547 Expression ‘cfgflags >= 0 || cfgflags <= 3’ is always true. hwpmc_piv.c 838

static int

p4_config_pmc(int cpu, int ri, struct pmc *pm)

{

....

int cfgflags, cpuflag;

....

KASSERT(cfgflags >= 0 || cfgflags <= 3,

("[p4,%d] illegal cfgflags cfg=%d on cpu=%d ri=%d",

__LINE__, cfgflags, cpu, ri));

....

KASSERT(cfgflags >= 0 || cfgflags <= 3,

("[p4,%d] illegal runcount cfg=%d on cpu=%d ri=%d",

__LINE__, cfgflags, cpu, ri));

....

}

Report: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=217741

11. FreeBSD. CWE-570 (Expression is Always False)

V547 Expression is always false. scif_sas_controller.c 531

....

U16 max_ncq_depth;

....

SCI_STATUS scif_user_parameters_set(

SCI_CONTROLLER_HANDLE_T controller,

SCIF_USER_PARAMETERS_T * scif_parms

)

{

....

if (scif_parms->sas.max_ncq_depth < 1 &&

scif_parms->sas.max_ncq_depth > 32)

return SCI_FAILURE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE;

....

}

Report: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=217742

12. FreeBSD. CWE-571: (Expression is Always True)

V547 Expression ‘cdb[0] != 0x28 || cdb[0] != 0x2A’ is always true. Probably the ‘&&’ operator should be used here. mfi_tbolt.c 1110

int

mfi_tbolt_send_frame(struct mfi_softc *sc, struct mfi_command *cm)

{

....

uint8_t *cdb;

....

/* check for inquiry commands coming from CLI */

if (cdb[0] != 0x28 || cdb[0] != 0x2A) {

if ((req_desc = mfi_tbolt_build_mpt_cmd(sc, cm)) == NULL) {

device_printf(sc->mfi_dev, "Mapping from MFI "

"to MPT Failed

");

return 1;

}

}

....

}

Report: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=217743

13. FreeBSD. CWE-571 (Expression is Always True)

V560 A part of conditional expression is always true: 0x2002. sampirsp.c 7224

#define OSSA_MPI_ENC_ERR_ILLEGAL_DEK_PARAM 0x2001

#define OSSA_MPI_ERR_DEK_MANAGEMENT_DEK_UNWRAP_FAIL 0x2002 GLOBAL bit32 mpiDekManagementRsp(

agsaRoot_t *agRoot,

agsaDekManagementRsp_t *pIomb

)

{

....

if (status == OSSA_MPI_ENC_ERR_ILLEGAL_DEK_PARAM ||

OSSA_MPI_ERR_DEK_MANAGEMENT_DEK_UNWRAP_FAIL)

{

agEvent.eq = errorQualifier;

}

....

}

Report: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=217745

14. FreeBSD. CWE-571 (Expression is Always True)

V560 A part of conditional expression is always true: 0x7dac. t4_main.c 8001

#define A_TP_KEEP_INTVL 0x7dac static int

sysctl_tp_timer(SYSCTL_HANDLER_ARGS)

{

struct adapter *sc = arg1;

int reg = arg2;

u_int tre;

u_long tp_tick_us, v;

u_int cclk_ps = 1000000000 / sc->params.vpd.cclk; MPASS(reg == A_TP_RXT_MIN || reg == A_TP_RXT_MAX ||

reg == A_TP_PERS_MIN || reg == A_TP_PERS_MAX ||

reg == A_TP_KEEP_IDLE || A_TP_KEEP_INTVL ||

reg == A_TP_INIT_SRTT || reg == A_TP_FINWAIT2_TIMER);

....

}

Report: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=217746

15. FreeBSD. CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

V595 The ‘mc’ pointer was utilized before it was verified against nullptr. Check lines: 2954, 2955. mly.c 2954

static int

mly_user_command(struct mly_softc *sc, struct mly_user_command *uc)

{

struct mly_command *mc;

....

if (mc->mc_data != NULL) // <=

free(mc->mc_data, M_DEVBUF); // <=

if (mc != NULL) { // <=

MLY_LOCK(sc);

mly_release_command(mc);

MLY_UNLOCK(sc);

}

return(error);

}

Report: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=217747

16. FreeBSD. CWE-563 (Assignment to Variable without Use (‘Unused Variable’))

V519 The ‘vf->flags’ variable is assigned values twice successively. Perhaps this is a mistake. Check lines: 5992, 5994. if_ix.c 5994

static int

ixgbe_add_vf(device_t dev, u16 vfnum, const nvlist_t *config)

{

....

if (nvlist_exists_binary(config, "mac-addr")) {

mac = nvlist_get_binary(config, "mac-addr", NULL);

bcopy(mac, vf->ether_addr, ETHER_ADDR_LEN);

if (nvlist_get_bool(config, "allow-set-mac"))

vf->flags |= IXGBE_VF_CAP_MAC;

} else

/*

* If the administrator has not specified a MAC address then

* we must allow the VF to choose one.

*/

vf->flags |= IXGBE_VF_CAP_MAC; vf->flags = IXGBE_VF_ACTIVE;

....

}

Report: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=217748

17. FreeBSD. CWE-563 (Assignment to Variable without Use (‘Unused Variable’))

V519 The ‘pmuctrl’ variable is assigned values twice successively. Perhaps this is a mistake. Check lines: 2025, 2026. bhnd_pmu_subr.c 2026

static void

bhnd_pmu1_pllinit0(struct bhnd_pmu_softc *sc, uint32_t xtal)

{

uint32_t pmuctrl;

....

/* Write XtalFreq. Set the divisor also. */

pmuctrl = BHND_PMU_READ_4(sc, BHND_PMU_CTRL);

pmuctrl = ~(BHND_PMU_CTRL_ILP_DIV_MASK |

BHND_PMU_CTRL_XTALFREQ_MASK);

pmuctrl |= BHND_PMU_SET_BITS(((xt->fref + 127) / 128) - 1,

BHND_PMU_CTRL_ILP_DIV);

pmuctrl |= BHND_PMU_SET_BITS(xt->xf, BHND_PMU_CTRL_XTALFREQ);

....

}

Report: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=217782

18. FreeBSD. CWE-561 (Dead Code)

V779 Unreachable code detected. It is possible that an error is present. if_wi_pci.c 258

static int

wi_pci_resume(device_t dev)

{

struct wi_softc *sc = device_get_softc(dev);

struct ieee80211com *ic = &sc->sc_ic; WI_LOCK(sc);

if (sc->wi_bus_type != WI_BUS_PCI_NATIVE) {

return (0); // <=

WI_UNLOCK(sc); // <=

}

if (ic->ic_nrunning > 0)

wi_init(sc);

WI_UNLOCK(sc);

return (0);

}

Report: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=217784

19. FreeBSD. CWE-561 (Dead Code)

V779 Unreachable code detected. It is possible that an error is present. mpr.c 1329

void panic(const char *a) __dead2; static int

mpr_alloc_requests(struct mpr_softc *sc)

{

....

else {

panic("failed to allocate command %d

", i);

sc->num_reqs = i;

break;

}

....

}

Report: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=217785

Miscellaneous errors

1. GCC

V590 Consider inspecting this expression. The expression is excessive or contains a misprint. genmatch.c 3829

const cpp_token * parser::next ()

{

const cpp_token *token;

do

{

token = cpp_get_token (r);

}

while ( token->type == CPP_PADDING

&& token->type != CPP_EOF); // <=

return token;

}

Report: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=80050

2. Clang

V501 There are identical sub-expressions ‘RA.getSubReg() != 0’ to the left and to the right of the ‘||’ operator. hexagonearlyifconv.cpp 485

unsigned HexagonEarlyIfConversion::computePhiCost(....) const {

....

const MachineOperand &RA = MI.getOperand(1);

const MachineOperand &RB = MI.getOperand(3);

assert(RA.isReg() && RB.isReg());

// Must have a MUX if the phi uses a subregister.

if (RA.getSubReg() != 0 || RA.getSubReg() != 0) {

Cost++;

continue;

}

....

}

Report: https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32265

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