SEI CERT C Coding Standard

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Comment: REM Cost Reform

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Code readability is important for discovering and eliminating vulnerabilities.

Recommendation

Severity

Likelihood

Remediation Cost

Detectable

Repairable

Priority

Level

DCL05-C

Low

Unlikely

Yes

Medium

No

P2

L3

Automated Detection

Tool

Version

Checker

Description

Astrée
Include Page
Astrée_V
Astrée_V
pointer-typedefFully checked
Axivion Bauhaus Suite

Include Page
Axivion Bauhaus Suite_V
Axivion Bauhaus Suite_V

CertC-DCL05
CodeSonar
Include Page
CodeSonar_V
CodeSonar_V
LANG.STRUCT.PITPointer type inside typedef
Compass/ROSE




Helix QAC

Include Page
Helix QAC_V
Helix QAC_V

C5004
LDRA tool suite
Include Page
LDRA_V
LDRA_V

299 S

Partially implemented

Parasoft C/C++test
Include Page
Parasoft_V
Parasoft_V
CERT_C-DCL05-a

Declare a type of parameter as typedef to pointer to const if the pointer is not used to modify the addressed object

PRQA QA-C

Include Page
PRQA QA-C_vPRQA QA-C_v5004Fully implemented
RuleChecker
Include Page
RuleChecker_V
RuleChecker_V
pointer-typedef
Fully checked

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Search for vulnerabilities resulting from the violation of this rule on the CERT website.

Related Guidelines

SEI CERT C Secure Coding StandardDCL12-C. Implement abstract data types using opaque types
SEI CERT C++ Coding StandardVOID DCL05-CPP. Use typedefs to improve code readability

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