C++: Simplify cpp/certificate-not-checked

cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/controlflow/IRGuards.qll

@@ -72,6 +72,20 @@ abstract private class GuardConditionImpl extends Expr {
    */
   abstract predicate valueControls(BasicBlock controlled, AbstractValue v);
 
+  /**
+   * Holds if the control-flow edge `(pred, succ)` may be taken only if
+   * the value of this condition is `v`.
+   */
+  abstract predicate valueControlsEdge(BasicBlock pred, BasicBlock succ, AbstractValue v);
+
+  /**
+   * Holds if  the control-flow edge `(pred, succ)` may be taken only if
+   * this the value of this condition is `testIsTrue`.
+   */
+  final predicate controlsEdge(BasicBlock pred, BasicBlock succ, boolean testIsTrue) {
+    this.valueControlsEdge(pred, succ, any(BooleanValue bv | bv.getValue() = testIsTrue))
+  }
+
   /**
    * Holds if this condition controls `controlled`, meaning that `controlled` is only
    * entered if the value of this condition is `testIsTrue`.
@@ -175,6 +189,58 @@ abstract private class GuardConditionImpl extends Expr {
    */
   pragma[inline]
   abstract predicate ensuresEq(Expr e, int k, BasicBlock block, boolean areEqual);
+
+  /**
+   * Holds if (determined by this guard) `left == right + k` must be `areEqual` on the edge from
+   * `pred` to `succ`. If `areEqual = false` then this implies `left != right + k`.
+   */
+  pragma[inline]
+  final predicate ensuresEqEdge(
+    Expr left, Expr right, int k, BasicBlock pred, BasicBlock succ, boolean areEqual
+  ) {
+    exists(boolean testIsTrue |
+      this.comparesEq(left, right, k, areEqual, testIsTrue) and
+      this.controlsEdge(pred, succ, testIsTrue)
+    )
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Holds if (determined by this guard) `e == k` must be `areEqual` on the edge from
+   * `pred` to `succ`. If `areEqual = false` then this implies `e != k`.
+   */
+  pragma[inline]
+  final predicate ensuresEqEdge(Expr e, int k, BasicBlock pred, BasicBlock succ, boolean areEqual) {
+    exists(AbstractValue v |
+      this.comparesEq(e, k, areEqual, v) and
+      this.valueControlsEdge(pred, succ, v)
+    )
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Holds if (determined by this guard) `left < right + k` must be `isLessThan` on the edge from
+   * `pred` to `succ`. If `isLessThan = false` then this implies `left >= right + k`.
+   */
+  pragma[inline]
+  final predicate ensuresLtEdge(
+    Expr left, Expr right, int k, BasicBlock pred, BasicBlock succ, boolean isLessThan
+  ) {
+    exists(boolean testIsTrue |
+      this.comparesLt(left, right, k, isLessThan, testIsTrue) and
+      this.controlsEdge(pred, succ, testIsTrue)
+    )
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Holds if (determined by this guard) `e < k` must be `isLessThan` on the edge from
+   * `pred` to `succ`. If `isLessThan = false` then this implies `e >= k`.
+   */
+  pragma[inline]
+  final predicate ensuresLtEdge(Expr e, int k, BasicBlock pred, BasicBlock succ, boolean isLessThan) {
+    exists(AbstractValue v |
+      this.comparesLt(e, k, isLessThan, v) and
+      this.valueControlsEdge(pred, succ, v)
+    )
+  }
 }
 
 final class GuardCondition = GuardConditionImpl;
@@ -187,6 +253,16 @@ private class GuardConditionFromBinaryLogicalOperator extends GuardConditionImpl
     this.(BinaryLogicalOperation).getAnOperand() instanceof GuardCondition
   }
 
+  override predicate valueControlsEdge(BasicBlock pred, BasicBlock succ, AbstractValue v) {
+    exists(BinaryLogicalOperation binop, GuardCondition lhs, GuardCondition rhs |
+      this = binop and
+      lhs = binop.getLeftOperand() and
+      rhs = binop.getRightOperand() and
+      lhs.valueControlsEdge(pred, succ, v) and
+      rhs.valueControlsEdge(pred, succ, v)
+    )
+  }
+
   override predicate valueControls(BasicBlock controlled, AbstractValue v) {
     exists(BinaryLogicalOperation binop, GuardCondition lhs, GuardCondition rhs |
       this = binop and
@@ -274,6 +350,25 @@ private predicate controlsBlock(IRGuardCondition ir, BasicBlock controlled, Abst
   )
 }
 
+/**
+ * Holds if `ir` controls the `(pred, succ)` edge, meaning that the edge
+ * `(pred, succ)` is only taken if the value of this condition is `v`. This
+ * helper predicate does not necessarily hold for binary logical operations
+ * like `&&` and `||`.
+ * See the detailed explanation on predicate `controlsEdge`.
+ */
+private predicate controlsEdge(
+  IRGuardCondition ir, BasicBlock pred, BasicBlock succ, AbstractValue v
+) {
+  exists(IRBlock irPred, IRBlock irSucc |
+    ir.valueControlsEdge(irPred, irSucc, v) and
+    nonExcludedIRAndBasicBlock(irPred, pred) and
+    nonExcludedIRAndBasicBlock(irSucc, succ) and
+    not isUnreachedBlock(irPred) and
+    not isUnreachedBlock(irSucc)
+  )
+}
+
 private class GuardConditionFromNotExpr extends GuardConditionImpl {
   IRGuardCondition ir;
 
@@ -295,6 +390,10 @@ private class GuardConditionFromNotExpr extends GuardConditionImpl {
     controlsBlock(ir, controlled, v.getDualValue())
   }
 
+  override predicate valueControlsEdge(BasicBlock pred, BasicBlock succ, AbstractValue v) {
+    controlsEdge(ir, pred, succ, v.getDualValue())
+  }
+
   pragma[inline]
   override predicate comparesLt(Expr left, Expr right, int k, boolean isLessThan, boolean testIsTrue) {
     exists(Instruction li, Instruction ri |
@@ -383,6 +482,10 @@ private class GuardConditionFromIR extends GuardConditionImpl {
     controlsBlock(ir, controlled, v)
   }
 
+  override predicate valueControlsEdge(BasicBlock pred, BasicBlock succ, AbstractValue v) {
+    controlsEdge(ir, pred, succ, v)
+  }
+
   pragma[inline]
   override predicate comparesLt(Expr left, Expr right, int k, boolean isLessThan, boolean testIsTrue) {
     exists(Instruction li, Instruction ri |

cpp/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-295/SSLResultNotChecked.ql

@@ -55,30 +55,9 @@ predicate resultIsChecked(SslGetPeerCertificateCall getCertCall, ControlFlowNode
 predicate certIsZero(
   SslGetPeerCertificateCall getCertCall, ControlFlowNode node1, ControlFlowNode node2
 ) {
-  exists(Expr cert | cert = globalValueNumber(getCertCall).getAnExpr() |
-    exists(GuardCondition guard, Expr zero |
-      zero.getValue().toInt() = 0 and
-      node1 = guard and
-      (
-        // if (cert == zero) {
-        guard.comparesEq(cert, zero, 0, true, true) and
-        node2 = guard.getATrueSuccessor()
-        or
-        // if (cert != zero) { }
-        guard.comparesEq(cert, zero, 0, false, true) and
-        node2 = guard.getAFalseSuccessor()
-      )
-    )
-    or
-    (
-      // if (cert) { }
-      node1 = cert
-      or
-      // if (!cert) {
-      node1.(NotExpr).getAChild() = cert
-    ) and
-    node2 = node1.getASuccessor() and
-    not cert.(GuardCondition).controls(node2, true) // cert may be false
+  exists(Expr cert |
+    cert = globalValueNumber(getCertCall).getAnExpr() and
+    node1.(GuardCondition).ensuresEqEdge(cert, 0, _, node2.getBasicBlock(), true)
   )
 }