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Examples of errors detected by the V554…

Examples of errors detected by the V554 diagnostic

V554. Incorrect use of smart pointer.


Chromium

V554 Incorrect use of auto_ptr. The memory allocated with 'new []' will be cleaned using 'delete'. interactive_ui_tests accessibility_win_browsertest.cc 171


void AccessibleContainsAccessible(....)
{
  ....
  auto_ptr<VARIANT> child_array(new VARIANT[child_count]);
  ....
}

Chromium

V554 Incorrect use of auto_ptr. The memory allocated with 'new []' will be cleaned using 'delete'. interactive_ui_tests accessibility_win_browsertest.cc 306


void AccessibleChecker::CheckAccessibleChildren(
    IAccessible* parent) {
  ....
  auto_ptr<VARIANT> child_array(new VARIANT[child_count]);
  ....
}

Boost (C++ libraries)

V554 Incorrect use of auto_ptr. The memory allocated with 'new []' will be cleaned using 'delete'. tree_to_xml.ipp 71


static std::basic_string<wchar_t> get(char const* source = "")
{
  ....
  std::auto_ptr<wchar_t> result (new wchar_t[len+1]);
  ....
}

Similar errors can be found in some other places:

  • V554 Incorrect use of auto_ptr. The memory allocated with 'new []' will be cleaned using 'delete'. generate_static.hpp 53

Haiku Operation System

V554 Incorrect use of auto_ptr. The memory allocated with 'new []' will be cleaned using 'delete'. DefaultCatalog.cpp 208


status_t
DefaultCatalog::ReadFromFile(const char *path)
{
  ....
  auto_ptr<char> buf(new(std::nothrow) char [sz]);
  ....
}

Similar errors can be found in some other places:

  • V554 Incorrect use of auto_ptr. The memory allocated with 'new []' will be cleaned using 'delete'. DefaultCatalog.cpp 249

OpenToonz

V554 Incorrect use of auto_ptr. The memory allocated with 'new []' will be cleaned using 'delete'. screensavermaker.cpp 29


void makeScreenSaver(....)
{
  ....
  std::auto_ptr<char> swf(new char[swfSize]);
  ....
}

Casablanca

V554 Incorrect use of shared_ptr. The memory allocated with 'new []' will be cleaned using 'delete'. BlackJack_Server140 table.cpp 471


void DealerTable::FillShoe(size_t decks)
{
  std::shared_ptr<int> ss(new int[decks * 52]);
  ....
}

Nana

V554 Incorrect use of unique_ptr. The memory allocated with 'new []' will be cleaned using 'delete'. text_editor.cpp 3137


void text_editor::_m_draw_string(....) const
{
  ....
  for (auto & ent : reordered)
  {
    ....
    std::size_t len = ent.end - ent.begin;
    ....
    if (....)
    {
      ....
    }
    else if (pos <= a.x && a.x < str_end)
    {
      ....
      std::unique_ptr<unsigned> pxbuf_ptr(new unsigned[len]);
    }
  }
}

Skia Graphics Engine

V554 CWE-762 Incorrect use of unique_ptr. The memory allocated with 'new []' will be cleaned using 'delete'. grglprogrambuilder.cpp 272


GrGLProgram* GrGLProgramBuilder::finalize() {
  ....
  std::unique_ptr<char> binary(new char[length]);
  ....
}

Memory is allocated using the new [] operator, and is freed using the delete operator.


Skia Graphics Engine

V554 CWE-762 Incorrect use of unique_ptr. The memory allocated with 'malloc' will be cleaned using 'delete'. grglprogrambuilder.cpp 275


GrGLProgram* GrGLProgramBuilder::finalize() {
  ....
  std::unique_ptr<uint8_t> data((uint8_t*) malloc(dataLength));
  ....
}

Memory is allocated using the malloc function, and is freed using the delete operator.


Android

V554 CWE-762 Incorrect use of unique_ptr. The memory allocated with 'new []' will be cleaned using 'delete'. HeifDecoderAPI.h 62


struct HeifFrameInfo
{
  ....
  void set(....) {
    ....
    mIccData.reset(new uint8_t[iccSize]);
    ....
  }
  ....
  std::unique_ptr<uint8_t> mIccData;
};

Similar errors can be found in some other places:

  • V554 CWE-762 Incorrect use of unique_ptr. The memory allocated with 'new []' will be cleaned using 'delete'. atrace.cpp 949
  • V554 CWE-762 Incorrect use of unique_ptr. The memory allocated with 'new []' will be cleaned using 'delete'. atrace.cpp 950
  • V554 CWE-762 Incorrect use of unique_ptr. The memory allocated with 'new []' will be cleaned using 'delete'. HeifDecoderImpl.cpp 102
  • And 2 additional diagnostic messages.

0 A.D.

V554 CWE-762 Incorrect use of shared_ptr. The memory allocated with 'new []' will be cleaned using 'delete'. MapIO.cpp 54


Status LoadHeightmapImageOs(....)
{
  ....
  shared_ptr<u8> fileData = shared_ptr<u8>(new u8[fileSize]);
  ....
}

LibreOffice

V554 Incorrect use of shared_ptr. The memory allocated with 'new []' will be cleaned using 'delete'. dx_vcltools.cxx 158


struct RawRGBABitmap
{
  sal_Int32                     mnWidth;
  sal_Int32                     mnHeight;
  std::shared_ptr< sal_uInt8 >  mpBitmapData;
};

RawRGBABitmap bitmapFromVCLBitmapEx( const ::BitmapEx& rBmpEx )
{
  ....
  // convert transparent bitmap to 32bit RGBA
  // ========================================

  const ::Size aBmpSize( rBmpEx.GetSizePixel() );

  RawRGBABitmap aBmpData;
  aBmpData.mnWidth     = aBmpSize.Width();
  aBmpData.mnHeight    = aBmpSize.Height();
  aBmpData.mpBitmapData.reset( new sal_uInt8[ 4*aBmpData.mnWidth
                                               *aBmpData.mnHeight ] );
  ....
}

Chromium

V554 Incorrect use of unique_ptr. The memory allocated with 'new []' will be cleaned using 'delete'. builtins-trace.cc 64


class MaybeUtf8
{
  ....
  private:
    void AllocateSufficientSpace(int len)
    {
      if (len + 1 > MAX_STACK_LENGTH)
      {
        allocated_.reset(new uint8_t[len + 1]);  // <=
        buf_ = allocated_.get();
      }
    }
    ....
    std::unique_ptr<uint8_t> allocated_;         // <=
}

LLVM/Clang

V554 [CWE-762, CERT-MEM51-CPP] Incorrect use of shared_ptr. The memory allocated with 'new []' will be cleaned using 'delete'. RenderScriptRuntime.cpp 2371


std::shared_ptr<uint8_t>
RenderScriptRuntime::GetAllocationData(....) {
  ....
  const uint32_t size = *alloc->size.get();
  std::shared_ptr<uint8_t> buffer(new uint8_t[size]);
  if (!buffer) {
    LLDB_LOGF(log, "%s - couldn't allocate a %" PRIu32 " byte buffer",
              __FUNCTION__, size);
    return nullptr;
  }
  ....
  return buffer;
}

Similar errors can be found in some other places:

  • V554 [CWE-762, CERT-MEM51-CPP] Incorrect use of shared_ptr. The memory allocated with 'new []' will be cleaned using 'delete'. RenderScriptRuntime.cpp 2698

CodeLite

V554 Incorrect use of unique_ptr. The memory allocated with 'new []' will be cleaned using 'delete'. clSocketBase.cpp:282


int clSocketBase::ReadMessage(wxString& message, int timeout)
{
  ....
  size_t message_len(0);
  ....
  message_len = ::atoi(....);
  ....
  std::unique_ptr<char> pBuff(new char[message_len]);
  ....
}