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#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
void func(void) {
size_t resize = 1024;
size_t alignment = 1 << 12;
int *ptr;
int *ptr1;
if (NULL == (ptr = (int *)aligned_alloc(alignment,
sizeof(int)))) {
/* Handle error */
}
if (NULL == (ptr1 = (int *)aligned_alloc(alignment,
resize))) {
/* Handle error */
}
if (NULL == (memcpy(ptr1, ptr, sizeof(int))) {
/* Handle error */
}
free(ptr);
} |
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Recommendation | Severity | Likelihood | Detectable | RepairableRemediation Cost | Priority | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MEM36-C | Low | Probable | No | NoHigh | P2 | L3 |
Automated Detection
Tool | Version | Checker | Description | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astrée |
| Supported, but no explicit checker | |||||||||||||||||
| Axivion Bauhaus Suite |
| CertC-MEM36 | Fully implemented | ||||||||||||||||
| CodeSonar |
| BADFUNC.REALLOC | Use of realloc | ||||||||||||||||
| Cppcheck Premium |
| premium-cert-mem36-c | |||||||||||||||||
| Helix QAC |
| C5027 C++5034 | |||||||||||||||||
| Klocwork |
| AUTOSAR.STDLIB.MEMORY | |||||||||||||||||
| LDRA tool suite |
| 44 S | Enhanced enforcement | ||||||||||||||||
| Parasoft C/C++test |
| CERT_C-MEM36-a | Do not modify the alignment of objects by calling realloc() | ||||||||||||||||
| CERT C: Rule MEM36-C | Checks for alignment change after memory allocation (rule fully covered) | PRQA QA-C | ||||||||||||||||
| Include Page | PRQA QA-C_v | PRQA QA-C_v | 5027 | PRQA QA-C++ | |||||||||||||||
| Include Page | PRQA QA-C++_V | 5034 |
Related Vulnerabilities
Search for vulnerabilities resulting from the violation of this rule on the CERT website.
Bibliography
| [ISO/IEC 9899:20112024] | 7.2224.3.1, "The The aligned_alloc Function" |
| [MSDN] | aligned_malloc() |
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