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Title:	MSC37-C. Ensure that control never reaches the end of a non-void function
Author:	Ricky Zhou	Feb 23, 2010
Last Changed by:	Francesco Mariani	Aug 31, 2025
Tiny Link: (useful for email)	https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/x/m9YxBQ
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SEI CERT C Coding Standard (1)     Page: CC. Undefined Behavior

Parent Page     Page: Rule 48. Miscellaneous (MSC)

• review-dms
• review
• android-applicable
• ptc
• review-rcs
• rule
• review-ajb
• msc
• in-cpp

Time	Editor
Aug 31, 2025 04:54	Francesco Mariani	View Changes
May 05, 2025 09:44	Swasti Shrivastava	View Changes
REM Cost Reform
Dec 12, 2024 01:53	Swasti Shrivastava	View Changes
Nov 25, 2024 11:47	Caden Milne	View Changes
Updated UB references from C11->C23
Nov 15, 2024 15:35	Caden Milne
Updated references from C11->C23

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    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/SEI+CERT+C+Co…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    https://www.sonarsource.com/products/codeanalyzers/sonarcfa…
    cwe.mitre.org/
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/Cppcheck
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/MSC01-C.+Stri…
    https://cwe.mitre.org/data/index.html758.html
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    https://www.kb.cert.org/vulnotes/bymetric?searchview&query=…
    https://www.mathworks.com/help/bugfinder/ref/certcrulemsc37…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/How+this+Codi…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…

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