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Failing to free memory can result in the exhaustion of system memory resources, which can lead to a denial-of-service attack.
Rule | Severity | Likelihood | Detectable | RepairableRemediation Cost | Priority | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MEM31-C | Medium | Probable | No | MediumNo | P8P4 | L2L3 |
Automated Detection
Tool | Version | Checker | Description | ||||||||||||||||
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| Astrée |
| Supported, but no explicit checker | |||||||||||||||||
| Axivion Bauhaus Suite |
| CertC-MEM31 | Can detect dynamically allocated resources that are not freed | ||||||||||||||||
| CodeSonar |
| ALLOC.LEAK | Leak | ||||||||||||||||
| Compass/ROSE | |||||||||||||||||||
| RESOURCE_LEAK ALLOC_FREE_MISMATCH | Finds resource leaks from variables that go out of scope while owning a resource | |||||||||||||||||
| Cppcheck |
| memleak leakReturnValNotUsed leakUnsafeArgAlloc memleakOnRealloc | |||||||||||||||||
| Cppcheck Premium |
| memleak leakReturnValNotUsed leakUnsafeArgAlloc memleakOnRealloc | leakReturnValNotUsed | Doesn't use return value of memory allocation function | |||||||||||||||
| Helix QAC |
| C2706DF2706, | C2707DF2707, | C2708C++2706, C++2707, DF2708 C++ | 2708, C++3337, C++3338 | ||||||||||||||
| Klocwork |
| CL.FFM.ASSIGN CL.FFM.COPY CL.SHALLOW.ASSIGN CL.SHALLOW.COPY FMM.MIGHT FMM.MUST | |||||||||||||||||
| LDRA tool suite |
| 50 D | Partially implemented | ||||||||||||||||
| Parasoft C/C++test |
| CERT_C-MEM31-a | Ensure resources are freed | ||||||||||||||||
| Parasoft Insure++ | Runtime analysis | ||||||||||||||||||
| PC-lint Plus |
| 429 | Fully supported | ||||||||||||||||
| Polyspace Bug Finder |
| CERT C: Rule MEM31-C | Checks for memory leak (rule fully covered) | PRQA QA-C | |||||||||||||||
| Include Page | PRQA QA-C_v | PRQA QA-C_v | 2706, 2707, 2708 | PRQA QA-C++ | |||||||||||||||
| Include Page | cplusplus:PRQA QA-C++_V | cplusplus:PRQA QA-C++_V | |||||||||||||||||
| 2706, 2707, 2708, 3337, 3338 | PVS-Studio |
| V773 | ||||||||||||||||
| SonarQube C/C++ Plugin |
| S3584 | |||||||||||||||||
| Splint |
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| TrustInSoft Analyzer |
| malloc | Exhaustively verified. |
Related Vulnerabilities
Search for vulnerabilities resulting from the violation of this rule on the CERT website.
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CWE-404 = Union( FIO42-C, MEM31-C list) where list =
- Failure to free resources besides files or memory chunks, such as mutexes)
Bibliography
| [ISO/IEC 9899:20112024] | Subclause 7.2224.3, "Memory Management Functions" |
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