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Title:	MEM56-CPP. Do not store an already-owned pointer value in an unrelated smart pointer
Author:	Aaron Ballman	Jun 19, 2015
Last Changed by:	Francesco Mariani	Jul 08, 2025
Tiny Link: (useful for email)	https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/x/Zns-BQ
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SEI CERT C++ Coding Standard (1)     Page: MEM55-CPP. Honor replacement dynamic storage management requirements

Parent Page     Page: Rule 06. Memory Management (MEM)

• notes
• cwe-416
• review-dms
• nptc
• review
• rule
• no-autodetect
• cwe-415
• review-ajb
• mem
• cwe-762
• nptc-aliasing
• nptc-wpa

Time	Editor
Jul 08, 2025 07:04	Francesco Mariani	View Changes
Jun 25, 2025 13:00	Jill Britton	View Changes
REM Cost Reform
Mar 05, 2025 09:34	Jill Britton	View Changes
Jan 19, 2023 07:02	Jill Britton	View Changes
Jul 19, 2021 14:02	Anirban Gangopadhyay

External Links (11)
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    https://www.kb.cert.org/vulnotes/bymetric?searchview&query=…
    https://pvs-studio.com/en/docs/warnings/v1006/
    cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/762.html
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/cplusplus/PVS-S…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/cplusplus/Axivi…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/cplusplus/Polys…
    cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/415.html
    cwe.mitre.org/
    https://www.mathworks.com/help/bugfinder/ref/certcmem56cpp.…
    cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html

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