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+/**
+ * vi: sw=2 ts=2 et syntax=ql:
+ *
+ * Based on cpp/uninitialized-local.
+ *
+ * @name Potentially uninitialized local variable using the cleanup attribute
+ * @description Running the cleanup handler on a possibly uninitialized variable
+ *              is generally a bad idea.
+ * @id cpp/uninitialized-local-with-cleanup
+ * @kind problem
+ * @problem.severity error
+ * @precision high
+ * @tags security
+ */
+
+import cpp
+import semmle.code.cpp.controlflow.StackVariableReachability
+
+/**
+ * Auxiliary predicate: Types that don't require initialization
+ * before they are used, since they're stack-allocated.
+ */
+predicate allocatedType(Type t) {
+  /* Arrays: "int foo[1]; foo[0] = 42;" is ok. */
+  t instanceof ArrayType
+  or
+  /* Structs: "struct foo bar; bar.baz = 42" is ok. */
+  t instanceof Class
+  or
+  /* Typedefs to other allocated types are fine. */
+  allocatedType(t.(TypedefType).getUnderlyingType())
+  or
+  /* Type specifiers don't affect whether or not a type is allocated. */
+  allocatedType(t.getUnspecifiedType())
+}
+
+/**
+ * A declaration of a local variable using __attribute__((__cleanup__(x)))
+ * that leaves the variable uninitialized.
+ */
+DeclStmt declWithNoInit(LocalVariable v) {
+  result.getADeclaration() = v and
+  not exists(v.getInitializer()) and
+  /* The variable has __attribute__((__cleanup__(...))) set */
+  v.getAnAttribute().hasName("cleanup") and
+  /* The type of the variable is not stack-allocated. */
+  exists(Type t | t = v.getType() | not allocatedType(t))
+}
+
+class UninitialisedLocalReachability extends StackVariableReachability {
+  UninitialisedLocalReachability() { this = "UninitialisedLocal" }
+
+  override predicate isSource(ControlFlowNode node, StackVariable v) { node = declWithNoInit(v) }
+
+  /* Note: _don't_ use the `useOfVarActual()` predicate here (and a couple of lines
+   * below), as it assumes that the callee always modifies the variable if
+   * it's passed to the function.
+   *
+   * i.e.:
+   * _cleanup_free char *x;
+   * fun(&x);
+   * puts(x);
+   *
+   * `useOfVarActual()` won't treat this an an uninitialized read even if the callee
+   * doesn't modify the argument, however, `useOfVar()` will
+   */
+  override predicate isSink(ControlFlowNode node, StackVariable v) { useOfVar(v, node) }
+
+  override predicate isBarrier(ControlFlowNode node, StackVariable v) {
+    // only report the _first_ possibly uninitialized use
+    useOfVar(v, node) or
+    definitionBarrier(v, node)
+  }
+}
+
+pragma[noinline]
+predicate containsInlineAssembly(Function f) { exists(AsmStmt s | s.getEnclosingFunction() = f) }
+
+/**
+ * Auxiliary predicate: List common exceptions or false positives
+ * for this check to exclude them.
+ */
+VariableAccess commonException() {
+  // If the uninitialized use we've found is in a macro expansion, it's
+  // typically something like va_start(), and we don't want to complain.
+  result.getParent().isInMacroExpansion()
+  or
+  result.getParent() instanceof BuiltInOperation
+  or
+  // Finally, exclude functions that contain assembly blocks. It's
+  // anyone's guess what happens in those.
+  containsInlineAssembly(result.getEnclosingFunction())
+}
+
+from UninitialisedLocalReachability r, LocalVariable v, VariableAccess va
+where
+  r.reaches(_, v, va) and
+  not va = commonException()
+select va, "The variable $@ may not be initialized here, but has a cleanup handler.", v, v.getName()