Merge pull request #5667 from MathiasVP/use-range-analysis-in-overflow

C++: Use range analysis in Overflow.qll

Author: geoffw0

cpp/change-notes/2021-04-13-arithmetic-queries.md

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+lgtm
+* The queries cpp/tainted-arithmetic, cpp/uncontrolled-arithmetic, and cpp/arithmetic-with-extreme-values have been improved to produce fewer false positives.

cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/security/Overflow.qll

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 import cpp
 import semmle.code.cpp.controlflow.Dominance
+import semmle.code.cpp.rangeanalysis.SimpleRangeAnalysis
+import semmle.code.cpp.rangeanalysis.RangeAnalysisUtils
 
 /**
  * Holds if the value of `use` is guarded using `abs`.
@@ -94,9 +96,15 @@ predicate guardedGreater(Operation e, Expr use) {
 VariableAccess varUse(LocalScopeVariable v) { result = v.getAnAccess() }
 
 /**
- * Holds if `e` is not guarded against overflow by `use`.
+ * Holds if `e` potentially overflows and `use` is an operand of `e` that is not guarded.
  */
 predicate missingGuardAgainstOverflow(Operation e, VariableAccess use) {
+  (
+    convertedExprMightOverflowPositively(e)
+    or
+    // Ensure that the predicate holds when range analysis cannot determine an upper bound
+    upperBound(e.getFullyConverted()) = exprMaxVal(e.getFullyConverted())
+  ) and
   use = e.getAnOperand() and
   exists(LocalScopeVariable v | use.getTarget() = v |
     // overflow possible if large
@@ -115,9 +123,15 @@ predicate missingGuardAgainstOverflow(Operation e, VariableAccess use) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Holds if `e` is not guarded against underflow by `use`.
+ * Holds if `e` potentially underflows and `use` is an operand of `e` that is not guarded.
  */
 predicate missingGuardAgainstUnderflow(Operation e, VariableAccess use) {
+  (
+    convertedExprMightOverflowNegatively(e)
+    or
+    // Ensure that the predicate holds when range analysis cannot determine a lower bound
+    lowerBound(e.getFullyConverted()) = exprMinVal(e.getFullyConverted())
+  ) and
   use = e.getAnOperand() and
   exists(LocalScopeVariable v | use.getTarget() = v |
     // underflow possible if use is left operand and small

cpp/ql/test/query-tests/Security/CWE/CWE-190/semmle/extreme/ArithmeticWithExtremeValues.expected

@@ -4,5 +4,4 @@
 | test.c:59:3:59:5 | sc6 | $@ flows to here and is used in arithmetic, potentially causing an overflow. | test.c:58:9:58:16 | 127 | Extreme value |
 | test.c:63:3:63:5 | sc8 | $@ flows to here and is used in arithmetic, potentially causing an underflow. | test.c:62:9:62:16 | - ... | Extreme value |
 | test.c:75:3:75:5 | sc1 | $@ flows to here and is used in arithmetic, potentially causing an overflow. | test.c:74:9:74:16 | 127 | Extreme value |
-| test.c:76:3:76:5 | sc1 | $@ flows to here and is used in arithmetic, potentially causing an overflow. | test.c:74:9:74:16 | 127 | Extreme value |
 | test.c:124:9:124:9 | x | $@ flows to here and is used in arithmetic, potentially causing an overflow. | test.c:118:17:118:23 | 2147483647 | Extreme value |

cpp/ql/test/query-tests/Security/CWE/CWE-190/semmle/extreme/test.c

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ void test_negatives() {
 
   sc1 = CHAR_MAX;
   sc1 += 0; // GOOD [FALSE POSITIVE]
-  sc1 += -1; // GOOD [FALSE POSITIVE]
+  sc1 += -1; // GOOD
   sc2 = CHAR_MIN;
   sc2 += -1; // BAD [NOT DETECTED]
   sc3 = CHAR_MIN;

cpp/ql/test/query-tests/Security/CWE/CWE-190/semmle/tainted/ArithmeticTainted.expected

@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 | test2.cpp:14:11:14:11 | v | $@ flows to here and is used in arithmetic, potentially causing an overflow. | test2.cpp:25:22:25:23 | & ... | User-provided value |
 | test2.cpp:14:11:14:11 | v | $@ flows to here and is used in arithmetic, potentially causing an underflow. | test2.cpp:25:22:25:23 | & ... | User-provided value |
-| test3.c:15:10:15:10 | x | $@ flows to here and is used in arithmetic, potentially causing an overflow. | test3.c:11:15:11:18 | argv | User-provided value |
-| test3.c:15:14:15:14 | y | $@ flows to here and is used in arithmetic, potentially causing an overflow. | test3.c:11:15:11:18 | argv | User-provided value |
-| test3.c:15:18:15:18 | z | $@ flows to here and is used in arithmetic, potentially causing an overflow. | test3.c:11:15:11:18 | argv | User-provided value |
 | test5.cpp:17:6:17:18 | call to getTaintedInt | $@ flows to here and is used in arithmetic, potentially causing an overflow. | test5.cpp:9:7:9:9 | buf | User-provided value |
 | test5.cpp:19:6:19:6 | y | $@ flows to here and is used in arithmetic, potentially causing an overflow. | test5.cpp:9:7:9:9 | buf | User-provided value |
 | test5.cpp:19:6:19:6 | y | $@ flows to here and is used in arithmetic, potentially causing an underflow. | test5.cpp:9:7:9:9 | buf | User-provided value |