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V5005. OWASP. A value is being subtracted from the unsigned variable. This can result in an overflow. In such a case, the comparison operation can potentially behave unexpectedly.
The analyzer has detected a potential overrun.
The following operations are executed:
- some value is being subtracted from an unsigned variable;
- the result is compared to a certain value (operators <, <=, >, >= are used).
If an overrun occurs during the subtraction, the check result might be different from what the programmer expects.
Consider the simplest case:
unsigned A = ...;
int B = ...;
if (A - B > 1)
Array[A - B] = 'x';The programmer believes that this check will protect the code against an array overrun. But this check won't help if A < B.
Let A = 3 and B = 5;
Then 0x00000003u - 0x00000005i = FFFFFFFEu
The "A - B" expression has the "unsigned int" type according to the C++ standards. It means that "A - B" will equal FFFFFFFEu. This number is higher than one. As a result, memory outside the array's boundaries will be addressed.
There are two ways to fix the code. First, we may use variables of signed types to participate in calculations:
intptr_t A = ...;
intptr_t B = ...;
if (A - B > 1)
Array[A - B] = 'x';Second, we can change the condition. How exactly it should be done depends on the result we want to get and the input values. If B >= 0, we just need to write the following code:
unsigned A = ...;
int B = ...;
if (A > B + 1)
Array[A - B] = 'x';If the code is correct, you may turn off the diagnostic message for this line using the "//-V5005" comment.
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