uninitialized data: added more checking for allocated data

lib/checkother.cpp

@@ -1412,7 +1412,33 @@ void CheckOther::uninitvar()
                     break;
                 --indentlevel;
             }
-            if (Token::Match(tok, "[{};] %type% *| %var% [;[]"))
+            
+            if (Token::Match(tok, "[{};] %var% = malloc|kmalloc (") ||
+                Token::Match(tok, "[{};] %var% = new char [") )
+            {
+                // check that the variable id is non-zero
+                const unsigned int varid = tok->next()->varId();
+                if (varid == 0)
+                    continue;
+
+                // goto ')'
+                tok = tok->tokAt(4)->link();
+                if (!tok)
+                    break;
+
+                // check if data is accessed uninitialized..
+                for (const Token *tok2 = tok->next(); tok2; tok2 = tok2->next())
+                {
+                    if (tok2->str() == "{" || tok2->str() == "}")
+                        break;
+                    if (tok2->varId() == varid)
+                        break;
+                    if (Token::Match(tok2, "strcat|strncat|strlen ( %varid%", varid))
+                        uninitdataError(tok2, tok2->strAt(2));
+                }
+            }
+
+            else if (Token::Match(tok, "[{};] %type% *| %var% [;[]"))
             {
                 if (Token::Match(tok->next(), "return|goto"))
                     continue;
@@ -1594,6 +1620,11 @@ void CheckOther::nullPointerError(const Token *tok, const std::string &varname,
     reportError(tok, Severity::error, "nullPointer", "Possible null pointer dereference: " + varname + " - otherwise it is redundant to check if " + varname + " is null at line " + MathLib::toString<long>(line));
 }
 
+void CheckOther::uninitdataError(const Token *tok, const std::string &varname)
+{
+    reportError(tok, Severity::error, "uninitdata", "Data is allocated but not initialized: " + varname);
+}
+
 void CheckOther::uninitvarError(const Token *tok, const std::string &varname)
 {
     reportError(tok, Severity::error, "uninitvar", "Uninitialized variable: " + varname);

lib/checkother.h

@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ public:
     void strPlusChar(const Token *tok);
     void nullPointerError(const Token *tok, const std::string &varname);
     void nullPointerError(const Token *tok, const std::string &varname, const int line);
+    void uninitdataError(const Token *tok, const std::string &varname);
     void uninitvarError(const Token *tok, const std::string &varname);
     void zerodivError(const Token *tok);
     void postIncrementError(const Token *tok, const std::string &var_name, const bool isIncrement);
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@ public:
         sprintfOverlappingDataError(0, "varname");
         udivError(0);
         nullPointerError(0, "pointer");
+        uninitdataError(0, "varname");
         uninitvarError(0, "varname");
         zerodivError(0);
 
@@ -192,6 +194,7 @@ public:
                " * [[OverlappingData|bad usage of the function 'sprintf' (overlapping data)]]\n"
                " * division with zero\n"
                " * null pointer dereferencing\n"
+               " * using uninitialized variables and data\n"
 
                // style
                " * C-style pointer cast in cpp file\n"
@@ -205,7 +208,6 @@ public:
                " * variable scope can be limited\n"
                " * condition that is always true/false\n"
                " * unusal pointer arithmetic. For example: \"abc\" + 'd'\n"
-               " * uninitialized variables\n"
 
                // optimisations
                " * optimisation: detect post increment/decrement\n";

test/testother.cpp

@@ -1136,6 +1136,15 @@ private:
                        "    strcat(s, \"abc\");\n"
                        "};\n");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:5]: (error) Uninitialized variable: s\n", errout.str());
+
+        // alloc..
+        checkUninitVar("void f()\n"
+                       "{\n"
+                       "    char *s = malloc(100);\n"
+                       "    strcat(s, \"abc\");\n"
+                       "};\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:4]: (error) Data is allocated but not initialized: s\n", errout.str());
+
     }