C++: Simplify cpp/certificate-not-checked#20382
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Pull Request Overview
This PR simplifies the cpp/certificate-not-checked query by refactoring guard condition handling and removing unnecessary complexity. The changes improve code reuse by lifting predicate functionality from IR-level to AST-level guards and eliminate manual handling of boolean conversions.
- Refactors the
certIsZeropredicate to use the newensuresEqEdgepredicate instead of manual guard condition logic - Adds
ensures*Edgepredicates toGuardConditionclass, lifting functionality fromIRGuardCondition - Removes explicit handling of negation operators and implicit int-to-bool conversions
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| File | Description |
|---|---|
| cpp/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-295/SSLResultNotChecked.ql | Simplifies the certIsZero predicate by replacing complex manual guard logic with a single call to ensuresEqEdge |
| cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/controlflow/IRGuards.qll | Adds new ensures*Edge predicates and valueControlsEdge methods to provide edge-based guard condition analysis at the AST level |
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The
cpp/certificate-not-checkedquery had two unnecessary complications:ensuresEqEdgepredicate (which existed on theIRGuardCondition, but not inGuardCondition)!and implicit int-to-bool conversions.This PR fixes both of these problems. (1) is fixed by lifting those
ensures*EdgefromIRGuardConditions toGuardConditions and use those new predicates in the query. (2) can just be removed because of the earlier work we've done on unary guards.DCA was uneventful