2017.04.26 20:31 "[Tiff] Static analysis warning", by Aaron Boxer

2017.04.27 18:05 "Re: [Tiff] Static analysis warning", by Even Rouault

On mercredi 26 avril 2017 16:31:35 CEST Aaron Boxer wrote:

Got this from Visual Studio 2015 static analyzer:

tif_fax3.c(713): warning C6385: Reading invalid data from '_msbmask': the readable size is '36' bytes, but '52' bytes may be read.

static const int _msbmask[9] =
    { 0x00, 0x01, 0x03, 0x07, 0x0f, 0x1f, 0x3f, 0x7f, 0xff };

So the maximum readable size 36 = 9 * 4 is correct.

Now I'm wondering why it thinks that 52 = 13 * 4 can be read. Does it provide more details?

The only place where _msbmask is accessed is protected by an assert()

        assert( length < 9 );                                   \
        data |= (bits & _msbmask[length]) << (bit - length);    \

Admidetly for my non FAX3 specialist highs, there's nothing obvious that in release mode, where the assert() is a no-op, that length is guaranteed to be < 9, but perhaps there are other guarantees that it is correct from the calling code... So unless you have a test case that demonstrates a real bug, I'd tend to think that this code is correct and this is a false positive.

Even

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