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Comment: Parasoft C/C++test 10.4.2

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Using improperly aligned pointers results in undefined behavior, typically leading to abnormal termination.

Rule

Severity

Likelihood

Remediation Cost

Priority

Level

MEM57-CPP

Medium

Unlikely

Low

P6

L2

Automated Detection

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Version

Checker

Description

   
Parasoft C/C++test

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Parasoft_V
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CERT_CPP-MEM57-a

Avoid using the default operator 'new' for over-aligned types
 

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Related Guidelines

SEI CERT C++ Coding StandardMEM54-CPP. Provide placement new with properly aligned pointers to sufficient storage capacity

Bibliography

[ISO/IEC 14882-2014]

Subclause 3.7.4, "Dynamic Storage Duration"
Subclause 5.3.4, "New"
Subclause 18.6.1, "Storage Allocation and Deallocation"

[CodeSourcery 2016a]Itanium C++ ABI, version 1.86
[INCITS 2012]Dynamic memory allocation for over-aligned data, WG14 proposal

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