[gcc r16-7423] Suppress -Wanalyzer-{possible}-null-deref in some address spaces [PR123981]
David Malcolm
dmalcolm@gcc.gnu.org
Mon Feb 9 23:43:50 GMT 2026
https://gcc.gnu.org/g:3f206c5cfc5581b700ddefbadde473bc6da5e849
commit r16-7423-g3f206c5cfc5581b700ddefbadde473bc6da5e849
Author: Federico Angelilli <code@fedang.net>
Date: Mon Feb 9 18:41:22 2026 -0500
Suppress -Wanalyzer-{possible}-null-deref in some address spaces [PR123981]
gcc/analyzer/ChangeLog:
PR analyzer/123981
* sm-malloc.cc: Include "target.h".
(zero_address_valid_p): New.
(malloc_state_machine::on_stmt): Guard possible_null_deref and
null_deref with !zero_address_valid_p.
gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog:
PR analyzer/123981
* gcc.dg/analyzer/null-deref-pr123981-1.c: New test.
* gcc.dg/analyzer/null-deref-pr123981-2.c: New test.
Co-Authored-By: David Malcolm <dmalcolm@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Federico Angelilli <code@fedang.net>
Signed-off-by: David Malcolm <dmalcolm@redhat.com>
Diff:
---
gcc/analyzer/sm-malloc.cc | 46 +++++++++++++++++-----
.../gcc.dg/analyzer/null-deref-pr123981-1.c | 12 ++++++
.../gcc.dg/analyzer/null-deref-pr123981-2.c | 8 ++++
3 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gcc/analyzer/sm-malloc.cc b/gcc/analyzer/sm-malloc.cc
index 657ebd3aff7a..2c036fc7d8bc 100644
--- a/gcc/analyzer/sm-malloc.cc
+++ b/gcc/analyzer/sm-malloc.cc
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ along with GCC; see the file COPYING3. If not see
#include "stringpool.h"
#include "attribs.h"
#include "xml-printer.h"
+#include "target.h"
#include "analyzer/analyzer-logging.h"
#include "analyzer/sm.h"
@@ -2087,6 +2088,25 @@ malloc_state_machine::handle_nonnull (sm_context &sm_ctxt,
maybe_assume_non_null (sm_ctxt, arg);
}
+/* Return true if it's valid to dereference the zero value of PTR_TYPE,
+ or false if we should warn on it. */
+
+static bool
+zero_address_valid_p (const_tree ptr_type)
+{
+ gcc_assert (POINTER_TYPE_P (ptr_type));
+
+ /* Some targets have address spaces in which it's valid
+ to dereference zero. */
+ addr_space_t as = TYPE_ADDR_SPACE (TREE_TYPE (ptr_type));
+ if (!ADDR_SPACE_GENERIC_P (as)
+ && targetm.addr_space.zero_address_valid (as))
+ return true;
+
+ /* Invalid. */
+ return false;
+}
+
/* Implementation of state_machine::on_stmt vfunc for malloc_state_machine. */
bool
@@ -2250,19 +2270,25 @@ malloc_state_machine::on_stmt (sm_context &sm_ctxt,
maybe_assume_non_null (sm_ctxt, arg);
else if (unchecked_p (state))
{
- tree diag_arg = sm_ctxt.get_diagnostic_tree (arg);
- sm_ctxt.warn (arg,
- std::make_unique<possible_null_deref> (*this,
- diag_arg));
- const allocation_state *astate = as_a_allocation_state (state);
- sm_ctxt.set_next_state (arg, astate->get_nonnull ());
+ if (!zero_address_valid_p (TREE_TYPE (arg)))
+ {
+ tree diag_arg = sm_ctxt.get_diagnostic_tree (arg);
+ sm_ctxt.warn (arg,
+ std::make_unique<possible_null_deref> (*this,
+ diag_arg));
+ const allocation_state *astate = as_a_allocation_state (state);
+ sm_ctxt.set_next_state (arg, astate->get_nonnull ());
+ }
}
else if (state == m_null)
{
- tree diag_arg = sm_ctxt.get_diagnostic_tree (arg);
- sm_ctxt.warn (arg,
- std::make_unique<null_deref> (*this, diag_arg));
- sm_ctxt.set_next_state (arg, m_stop);
+ if (!zero_address_valid_p (TREE_TYPE (arg)))
+ {
+ tree diag_arg = sm_ctxt.get_diagnostic_tree (arg);
+ sm_ctxt.warn (arg,
+ std::make_unique<null_deref> (*this, diag_arg));
+ sm_ctxt.set_next_state (arg, m_stop);
+ }
}
else if (freed_p (state))
{
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/analyzer/null-deref-pr123981-1.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/analyzer/null-deref-pr123981-1.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2df9d7813d6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/analyzer/null-deref-pr123981-1.c
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* { dg-do compile { target x86_64-*-* } } */
+/* { dg-additional-options "-mfsgsbase" } */
+
+#include <immintrin.h>
+#define getgs() ((int __seg_gs *)0)
+
+int main()
+{
+ static int gsval = 42;
+ _writegsbase_u64((unsigned long long)&gsval);
+ return *getgs(); /* { dg-bogus "-Wanalyzer-null-dereference" } */
+}
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/analyzer/null-deref-pr123981-2.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/analyzer/null-deref-pr123981-2.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..03a483492445
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/analyzer/null-deref-pr123981-2.c
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/* { dg-do compile { target { i?86-*-* x86_64-*-* } } } */
+
+#define getfs() ((int __seg_fs *)0)
+
+int main()
+{
+ return *getfs(); /* { dg-bogus "-Wanalyzer-null-dereference" } */
+}
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