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22 changes: 22 additions & 0 deletions clang/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/MallocChecker.cpp
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Expand Up @@ -1371,6 +1371,20 @@ void MallocChecker::checkIfFreeNameIndex(ProgramStateRef State,
C.addTransition(State);
}

const Expr *getPlacementNewBufferArg(const CallExpr *CE,
const FunctionDecl *FD) {
// Checking for signature:
// void* operator new ( std::size_t count, void* ptr );
// void* operator new[]( std::size_t count, void* ptr );
if (CE->getNumArgs() != 2 || (FD->getOverloadedOperator() != OO_New &&
FD->getOverloadedOperator() != OO_Array_New))
return nullptr;
auto BuffType = FD->getParamDecl(1)->getType();
if (BuffType.isNull() || !BuffType->isVoidPointerType())
return nullptr;
return CE->getArg(1);
}

void MallocChecker::checkCXXNewOrCXXDelete(ProgramStateRef State,
const CallEvent &Call,
CheckerContext &C) const {
Expand All @@ -1386,6 +1400,14 @@ void MallocChecker::checkCXXNewOrCXXDelete(ProgramStateRef State,
// processed by the checkPostStmt callbacks for CXXNewExpr and
// CXXDeleteExpr.
const FunctionDecl *FD = C.getCalleeDecl(CE);
if (const auto *BufArg = getPlacementNewBufferArg(CE, FD)) {
// Placement new does not allocate memory
auto RetVal = State->getSVal(BufArg, Call.getLocationContext());
State = State->BindExpr(CE, C.getLocationContext(), RetVal);
C.addTransition(State);
return;
}

switch (FD->getOverloadedOperator()) {
case OO_New:
State = MallocMemAux(C, Call, CE->getArg(0), UndefinedVal(), State,
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38 changes: 36 additions & 2 deletions clang/test/Analysis/NewDelete-checker-test.cpp
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -26,9 +26,10 @@
// RUN: -analyzer-checker=cplusplus.NewDeleteLeaks
//
// RUN: %clang_analyze_cc1 -std=c++17 -fblocks -verify %s \
// RUN: -verify=expected,leak \
// RUN: -verify=expected,leak,inspection \
// RUN: -analyzer-checker=core \
// RUN: -analyzer-checker=cplusplus.NewDeleteLeaks
// RUN: -analyzer-checker=cplusplus.NewDeleteLeaks \
// RUN: -analyzer-checker=debug.ExprInspection

#include "Inputs/system-header-simulator-cxx.h"

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -63,6 +64,39 @@ void testGlobalNoThrowPlacementExprNewBeforeOverload() {
int *p = new(std::nothrow) int;
} // leak-warning{{Potential leak of memory pointed to by 'p'}}

//----- Standard pointer placement operators
void testGlobalPointerPlacementNew() {
int i;
void *p1 = operator new(0, &i); // no leak: placement new never allocates
void *p2 = operator new[](0, &i); // no leak
int *p3 = new(&i) int; // no leak
int *p4 = new(&i) int[0]; // no leak
}

template<typename T>
void clang_analyzer_dump(T x);

void testPlacementNewBufValue() {
int i = 10;
int *p = new(&i) int;
clang_analyzer_dump(p); // inspection-warning{{&i}}
clang_analyzer_dump(*p); // inspection-warning{{10}}
}

void testPlacementNewBufValueExplicitOp() {
int i = 10;
int *p = (int*)operator new(sizeof(int), &i);
clang_analyzer_dump(p); // inspection-warning{{&i}}
clang_analyzer_dump(*p); // inspection-warning{{10}}
}

void testPlacementArrNewBufValueExplicitArrOp() {
int i = 10;
int *p = (int*)operator new[](sizeof(int), &i);
clang_analyzer_dump(p); // inspection-warning{{&i}}
clang_analyzer_dump(*p); // inspection-warning{{10}}
}

//----- Other cases
void testNewMemoryIsInHeap() {
int *p = new int;
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