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C++: Promote insecure removal of memset query - #5256

#5256

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jbj merged 13 commits into

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C++: Promote insecure removal of memset query#5256
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MathiasVP:promote-insecure-memset-query

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Commits on Feb 24, 2021

C++: Promote memset query out of experimental.
MathiasVP
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C++: Move tests out of experimental and merge with old existing tests from the other memset PRs.
MathiasVP
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C++: Add change-note.
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Commits on Feb 25, 2021

C++: Fix test annotations. Also exclude static locals from the query and add a testcase for this.
MathiasVP
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Update cpp/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-014/MemsetMayBeDeleted.ql

MathiasVP
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jbj
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C++: Respond to review comments. Relax the escaping requirements on the local variable being used in memset.
MathiasVP
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Update cpp/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-014/MemsetMayBeDeleted.ql

MathiasVP
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intrigus-lgtm
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C++: Exclude memsets that clear a variable that has no other uses.
MathiasVP
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Commits on Feb 26, 2021

C++: Make the tests more realistic by actually using the local variable for something. Otherwise it looks like a zero-initialization of a buffer, which the query now tries to exclude.
MathiasVP
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Update cpp/change-notes/2021-02-24-memset-may-be-deleted.md

MathiasVP
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jbj
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C++: Respond to review comments.
MathiasVP
committed
Update cpp/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-014/MemsetMayBeDeleted.qhelp

MathiasVP
and
shati-patel
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Update cpp/change-notes/2021-02-24-memset-may-be-deleted.md

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