SEI CERT C Coding Standard

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Comment: REM Cost Reform

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Risk Assessment

Rule

Severity

Likelihood

Detectable

RepairableRemediation Cost

Priority

Level

MSC32-C

Medium

Likely

Yes

LowYes

P18

L1

Automated Detection

Tool

Version

Checker

Description

Astrée
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Astrée_V

Supported, but no explicit checker
Axivion Bauhaus Suite

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Axivion Bauhaus Suite_V
Axivion Bauhaus Suite_V

CertC-MSC32
CodeSonar
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CodeSonar_V
CodeSonar_V

HARDCODED.SEED
MISC.CRYPTO.TIMESEED

Hardcoded Seed in PRNG
Predictable Seed in PRNG

Cppcheck Premium

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Cppcheck Premium_V
Cppcheck Premium_V

premium-cert-msc32-cFully implemented
Helix QAC

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Helix QAC_V
Helix QAC_V

C5031

C++5036


Klocwork
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Klocwork_V
Klocwork_V

CERT.MSC.SEED_RANDOM


PC-lint Plus

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PC-lint Plus_V
PC-lint Plus_V

2460, 2461, 2760

Fully supported

Polyspace Bug Finder

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Polyspace Bug Finder_V

CERT C: Rule MSC32-C


Checks for:

  • Deterministic random output from constant seed
  • Predictable random output from predictable seed

Rule fully covered.

Parasoft C/C++test

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Parasoft_V

CERT_C-MSC32-d

Properly seed pseudorandom number generators

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