Coverity Prevent

C checkers	CERT C Secure Coding Standard
ARRAY_VS_SINGLETON	ARR35-C. Do not allow loops to iterate beyond the end of an array
ASSERT_SIDE_EFFECT	EXP31-C. Avoid side effects in assertions
ASSERT_SIDE_EFFECT	MSC11-C. Incorporate diagnostic tests using assertions
BAD_COMPARE	MSC02-C. Avoid errors of omission
BAD_ALLOC_STRLEN	MEM35-C. Allocate sufficient memory for an object
BAD_COMPARE	MSC02-C. Avoid errors of omission
BAD_FREE	MEM34-C. Only free memory allocated dynamically
CHAR_IO	FIO34-C. Use int to capture the return value of character IO functions
CHECKED_RETURN	FIO33-C. Detect and handle input output errors resulting in undefined behavior
CHECKED_RETURN	FIO04-C. Detect and handle input and output errors
CHECKED_RETURN	EXP12-C. Do not ignore values returned by functions
CHECKED_RETURN	MEM32-C. Detect and handle memory allocation errors
CONSTANT_EXPRESSION_RESULT	EXP17-C. Do not perform bitwise operations in conditional expressions
DEADCODE	MSC07-C. Detect and remove dead code
EVALUATION_ORDER	EXP10-C. Do not depend on the order of evaluation of subexpressions or the order in which side effects take place
EVALUATION_ORDER	EXP30-C. Do not depend on order of evaluation between sequence points
FORWARD_NULL	EXP34-C. Do not dereference null pointers
INFINITE_LOOP	VOID Beware of infinite loops
MISRA_CAST	INT31-C. Ensure that integer conversions do not result in lost or misinterpreted data
MISRA_CAST	FLP34-C. Ensure that floating point conversions are within range of the new type
MISSING_BREAK	MSC17-C. Finish every set of statements associated with a case label with a break statement
MISSING_RETURN	MSC02-C. Avoid errors of omission
NEGATIVE_RETURNS	INT31-C. Ensure that integer conversions do not result in lost or misinterpreted data
NEGATIVE_RETURNS	VOID Guarantee that array indices are within the valid range
NEGATIVE_RETURNS	ARR32-C. Ensure size arguments for variable length arrays are in a valid range
NEGATIVE_RETURNS	ARR35-C. Do not allow loops to iterate beyond the end of an array
NO_EFFECT	MSC12-C. Detect and remove code that has no effect
NULL_RETURNS	EXP34-C. Do not dereference null pointers
OVERRUN_DYNAMIC	ARR35-C. Do not allow loops to iterate beyond the end of an array
OVERRUN_DYNAMIC	STR35-C. Do not copy data from an unbounded source to a fixed-length array
OVERRUN_STATIC	ARR35-C. Do not allow loops to iterate beyond the end of an array
OVERRUN_STATIC	STR35-C. Do not copy data from an unbounded source to a fixed-length array
RESOURCE_LEAK	MEM31-C. Free dynamically allocated memory exactly once
RETURN_LOCAL	DCL30-C. Declare objects with appropriate storage durations
REVERSE_INULL	EXP34-C. Do not dereference null pointers
REVERSE_NEGATIVE	ARR32-C. Ensure size arguments for variable length arrays are in a valid range
REVERSE_NEGATIVE	INT31-C. Ensure that integer conversions do not result in lost or misinterpreted data
STACK_USE	MEM05-C. Avoid large stack allocations
SIZECHECK	MEM35-C. Allocate sufficient memory for an object
UNINIT	EXP33-C. Do not reference uninitialized memory
UNUSED_VALUE	MSC13-C. Detect and remove unused values
USE_AFTER_FREE	MEM00-C. Allocate and free memory in the same module, at the same level of abstraction
USE_AFTER_FREE	MEM01-C. Store a new value in pointers immediately after free()
USE_AFTER_FREE	MEM30-C. Do not access freed memory
USE_AFTER_FREE	MEM31-C. Free dynamically allocated memory exactly once
VARARGS	No equivalent

C++ Checkers	CERT C++ Secure Coding Standard
BAD_OVERRIDE	No equivalent
CTOR_DTOR_LEAK	No equivalent
DELETE_ARRAY	No equivalent
INVALIDATE_ITERATOR	https://www.securecoding.cert.org/confluence/display/cplusplus/STL30-C.+Use+Valid+Iterators
PASS_BY_VALUE	No equivalent
UNCAUGHT_EXCEPT	https://www.securecoding.cert.org/confluence/display/cplusplus/ERR30-C.+Check+for+all+error+conditions
UNINIT_CTOR	No equivalent
WRAPPER_ESCAPE	No equivalent

Concurrency Checkers	CERT C Secure Coding Standard
LOCK	Out of scope
ORDER_REVERSAL	Out of scope
SLEEP	Out of scope

Security checkers	CERT C Secure Coding Standard
BUFFER_SIZE	STR31-C. Guarantee that storage for strings has sufficient space for character data and the NULL terminator, ARR33-C. Guarantee that copies are made into storage of sufficient size
CHROOT	Out of scope
OPEN_ARGS	FIO03-C. Do not make assumptions about fopen() and file creation
READLINK	POS30-C. Use the readlink() function properly
SECURE_CODING	STR35-C. Do not copy data from an unbounded source to a fixed-length array, others?
SECURE_TEMP	FIO43-C. Do not create temporary files in shared directories, TMPxx-C. Temporary file names must be unique when the file is created
STRING_OVERFLOW	STR31-C. Guarantee that storage for strings has sufficient space for character data and the NULL terminator
STRING_NULL	STR32-C. Null-terminate byte strings as required
STRING_SIZE	STR31-C. Guarantee that storage for strings has sufficient space for character data and the NULL terminator
TAINTED_SCALAR	VOID Guarantee that array indices are within the valid range, INT31-C. Ensure that integer conversions do not result in lost or misinterpreted data, INT32-C. Ensure that operations on signed integers do not result in overflow
TAINTED_STRING	STR02-C. Sanitize data passed to complex subsystems, FIO30-C. Exclude user input from format strings, FIO02-C. Canonicalize path names originating from untrusted sources
TOCTOU	FIO03-C. Do not make assumptions about fopen() and file creation, FIO01-C. Be careful using functions that use file names for identification, FIO08-C. Take care when calling remove() on an open file, others?
USER_POINTER	No equivalent

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