C++: Add tests of char* -> std::string -> char* conversions. #3693
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For https://github.com/github/codeql-c-analysis-team/issues/88.
It looks like taint flows through the conversions with the AST taint lib, but not with the IR taint lib or DefaultTaintTracking - because only taint from a function call parameter to the return value is considered, and in the case of
c_str()
it comes from the object / qualifier. The issue originally came up withExecTainted.ql
which is DefaultTaintTracking.This is not a regression as far as I'm aware.
@jbj do you think it's worth improving DefaultTaintTracking, or maybe moving the query across to
semmle.code.cpp.dataflow.TaintTracking
? Which of the taint libs have a long term future?