[gcc r12-6712] Handle failure to determine pointer provenance conservatively [PR104069].

Martin Sebor msebor@gcc.gnu.org
Wed Jan 19 01:04:19 GMT 2022


https://gcc.gnu.org/g:2f714642e574c64e1c0e093cad3de6f8accb6ec7

commit r12-6712-g2f714642e574c64e1c0e093cad3de6f8accb6ec7
Author: Martin Sebor <msebor@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue Jan 18 17:52:01 2022 -0700

    Handle failure to determine pointer provenance conservatively [PR104069].
    
    Partly resolves:
    PR middle-end/104069 - -Werror=use-after-free false positive on elfutils-0.186
    
    gcc/ChangeLog:
            PR middle-end/104069
            * gimple-ssa-warn-access.cc (pointers_related_p): Return false for
            an unknown result as documented.
    
    gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog:
            PR middle-end/104069
            * gcc.dg/Wuse-after-free.c: New test.

Diff:
---
 gcc/gimple-ssa-warn-access.cc          |  4 +++-
 gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/Wuse-after-free.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gcc/gimple-ssa-warn-access.cc b/gcc/gimple-ssa-warn-access.cc
index f639807a78a..f9508a1d211 100644
--- a/gcc/gimple-ssa-warn-access.cc
+++ b/gcc/gimple-ssa-warn-access.cc
@@ -4082,7 +4082,9 @@ pointers_related_p (gimple *stmt, tree p, tree q, pointer_query &qry)
   access_ref pref, qref;
   if (!qry.get_ref (p, stmt, &pref, 0)
       || !qry.get_ref (q, stmt, &qref, 0))
-    return true;
+    /* GET_REF() only rarely fails.  When it does, it's likely because
+       it involves a self-referential PHI.  Return a conservative result.  */
+    return false;
 
   return pref.ref == qref.ref;
 }
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/Wuse-after-free.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/Wuse-after-free.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9862de5c0a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/Wuse-after-free.c
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/* PR middle-end/104069 - -Werror=use-after-free false positive on
+   elfutils-0.186
+   { dg-do compile }
+   { dg-options "-Wall" } */
+
+typedef __SIZE_TYPE__ size_t;
+
+extern void* realloc (void *, size_t);
+
+void* __libdw_unzstd (size_t todo)
+{
+  void *sb = 0;
+
+  for ( ; ; )
+    {
+      // Ran only once.
+      if (!sb)
+	{
+	  char *b = realloc (sb, todo);
+	  if (!b)
+	    break;
+
+	  sb = b;
+	}
+
+      todo -= 1;
+      if (todo == 0)
+	break;
+    }
+
+  // Shrink buffer: leave only one byte for simplicity.
+  char *b = realloc (sb, 1);
+  if (b)
+    sb = b;
+  else
+    {
+      // Realloc failed mysteriously, leave 'sb' untouched.
+    }
+
+  return sb;        // { dg-bogus "-Wuse-after-free" }
+}


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