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dbus_hash_table_insert_string

API Overview​

_dbus_hash_table_insert_string is an API in libdbus. This rule belongs to the api pair type. This rule is generated using ChatDetector.

Rule Description​

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Parameter 3 of _dbus_hash_table_insert_string must be released by calling _dbus_mem_pool_dealloc, with the same object passed as the 2-th argument to _dbus_mem_pool_dealloc

info
  • Tags: api pair
  • Parameter Index: 2
  • CWE Type: CWE-404

Rule Code​

import cpp
import semmle.code.cpp.dataflow.new.DataFlow


DataFlow::Node getSource(FunctionCall fc){
  fc.getTarget().hasName("_dbus_hash_table_insert_string")
  and result.asExpr() = fc.getArgument(2)
}

DataFlow::Node getSink(FunctionCall fc){
  fc.getTarget().hasName("_dbus_mem_pool_dealloc")
  and result.asExpr() = fc.getArgument(1)
}

FunctionCall freeTarget(FunctionCall malloc){
  DataFlow::localFlow(getSource(malloc), getSink(result))
}

from FunctionCall fc
where fc.getTarget().hasName("_dbus_hash_table_insert_string")
      and not exists(
        FunctionCall free| 
        free = freeTarget(fc)
      )
select fc.getLocation()