must depend on analysis with relevant test cases

slither/analyses/data_dependency/data_dependency.py

@@ -293,6 +293,74 @@ def get_all_dependencies_ssa(
     return context.context[KEY_SSA]
 
 
+def get_must_depends_on(variable: SUPPORTED_TYPES) -> List:
+    """
+    Return must dependency of a variable if exist otherwise return None.
+
+    :param variable: target variable whose must dependency needs to be computed
+    :return: Variable | None
+    """
+    must_dependencies = compute_must_dependencies(variable)
+    if len(must_dependencies) > 1 or len(must_dependencies) == 0:
+        return []
+    return [list(must_dependencies)[0]]
+
+
+def compute_must_dependencies(v: SUPPORTED_TYPES) -> Set[Variable]:
+    if isinstance(v, (SolidityVariableComposed, Constant)) or (
+        v.function.visibility in ["public", "external"] and v in v.function.parameters
+    ):
+        return set([v])
+
+    function_dependencies = {}
+    function_dependencies["context"] = {}
+    lvalues = []
+
+    for node in v.function.nodes:
+        for ir in node.irs_ssa:
+            if isinstance(ir, OperationWithLValue) and ir.lvalue:
+                if isinstance(ir.lvalue, LocalIRVariable) and ir.lvalue.is_storage:
+                    continue
+                if isinstance(ir.lvalue, ReferenceVariable):
+                    lvalue = ir.lvalue.points_to
+                    if lvalue:
+                        lvalues.append((lvalue, v.function, ir))
+                lvalues.append((ir.lvalue, v.function, ir))
+
+    for lvalue_details in lvalues:
+        lvalue = lvalue_details[0]
+        ir = lvalue_details[2]
+
+        if not lvalue in function_dependencies["context"]:
+            function_dependencies["context"][lvalue] = set()
+        read: Union[List[Union[LVALUE, SolidityVariableComposed]], List[SlithIRVariable]]
+
+        if isinstance(ir, Index):
+            read = [ir.variable_left]
+        elif isinstance(ir, InternalCall) and ir.function:
+            read = ir.function.return_values_ssa
+        else:
+            read = ir.read
+        for variable in read:
+            # if not isinstance(variable, Constant):
+            function_dependencies["context"][lvalue].add(variable)
+    function_dependencies["context"] = convert_to_non_ssa(function_dependencies["context"])
+
+    must_dependencies = set()
+    data_dependencies = (
+        list(function_dependencies["context"][v])
+        if function_dependencies["context"] is not None
+        else []
+    )
+    for i, data_dependency in enumerate(data_dependencies):
+        result = compute_must_dependencies(data_dependency)
+        if i > 0:
+            must_dependencies = must_dependencies.intersection(result)
+        else:
+            must_dependencies = must_dependencies.union(result)
+    return must_dependencies
+
+
 # endregion
 ###################################################################################
 ###################################################################################

tests/unit/core/test_data/must_depend_on.sol

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+pragma solidity ^0.8.19;
+
+interface IERC20 {
+  function transferFrom(address from, address to, uint amount) external returns (bool);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @title MissingReturnBug
+ * @author IllIllI
+ */
+
+// test case of the missing return bug described here:
+// https://medium.com/coinmonks/missing-return-value-bug-at-least-130-tokens-affected-d67bf08521ca
+contract Unsafe {
+    IERC20 erc20;
+    function good2(address to, uint256 am) public {
+        address from_msgsender = msg.sender;
+        int_transferFrom(from_msgsender, to, am); // from is constant
+    }
+
+    // This is not detected
+    function bad2(address from, address to, uint256 am) public {
+        address from_msgsender = msg.sender;
+        int_transferFrom(from_msgsender, to, amount); // from is not a constant
+    }
+
+    function int_transferFrom(address from, address to, uint256 amount) internal {
+        erc20.transferFrom(from, to, amount); // not a constant = not a constant U constant
+    }
+}

tests/unit/core/test_must_depend_on.py

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+from slither import Slither
+from slither.analyses.data_dependency.data_dependency import get_must_depends_on
+from slither.core.variables.variable import Variable
+from slither.core.declarations import SolidityVariable, SolidityVariableComposed
+from typing import Union
+from slither.slithir.variables import (
+    Constant,
+)
+
+TEST_DATA_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent / "test_data"
+SUPPORTED_TYPES = Union[Variable, SolidityVariable, Constant]
+
+
+def test_must_depend_on_returns(solc_binary_path):
+    solc_path = solc_binary_path("0.8.19")
+    file = Path(TEST_DATA_DIR, "must_depend_on.sol").as_posix()
+    slither_obj = Slither(file, solc=solc_path)
+
+    for contract in slither_obj.contracts:
+        for function in contract.functions:
+            if contract == "Unsafe" and function == "int_transferFrom":
+                result = get_must_depends_on(function.parameters[0])
+                break
+    assert isinstance(result, list)
+    assert result[0] == SolidityVariableComposed("msg.sender"), "Output should be msg.sender"
+
+    result = get_must_depends_on(slither_obj.contracts[1].functions[2].parameters[1])
+    assert isinstance(result, list)
+    assert len(result) == 0, "Output should be empty"