This release includes the following enhancements:
Release date: November , 2024
Enhanced Security Compliance Pack
Enhanced Static Analysis
In-File Suppressions Enhancements
- Added the ability to easily customize the location of suppression files in both the CLI and IDE.
- Enhancements to suppression definitions:
- You can now use a file path containing wildcards for the file attribute.
- You can now specify a rule category, optionally with a severity suffix, for the rule-id attribute.
For details, see Defining Suppressions in Suppression Files.
Support for Compilers
The following compilers are now supported:
Compiler Name | Compiler Identifier |
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The support level for the following compilers has been changed from Extended to Standard:
- IAR Compiler for MSP430 v. 6.1x (icc430_6_1)
- QNX GCC 5.x (ARM64) (qccarm_5-64)
- QNX GCC 5.x (qcc_5)
- Wind River Clang 8.0.x (wrclang_8_0)
- Wind River Clang 9.0.x for aarch32 (wrclang_9_0-aarch32)
- Wind River Diab 5.9.x (diab_5_9)
See Compilers.
Support for IDEs
The following IDEs are now supported:
- Eclipse version 4.32 (2024-06)
- Eclipse version 4.33 (2024-09)
- Texas Instruments Code Composer Studio 12
New and Updated Test Configurations
The Security Compliance Pack has been extended by adding support for the following test configurations:
The following test configuration has been updated with new rules:
Additional Updates
- On Linux x86_64, the required minimum glibc version is now 2.17.
Deprecated and Removed Support
Deprecated Support for IDEs
Support for the following IDEs is deprecated and will be removed in future releases:
- Eclipse 4.6 ('Neon') - 4.21 (2021-09)
- Wind River Workbench 4.0
- Texas Instruments Code Composer Studio 10
- ARM DS-5
- QNX Software Development Platform 7
Removed Support for IDEs
The following IDEs are no longer supported:
- Texas Instruments Code Composer Studio 7.4
- Texas Instruments Code Composer Studio 8.0
Compilers to Be Deprecated
Support for the following compilers will be deprecated in future releases:
- ARM Compiler 6.9
- Clang C/C++ Compiler v 8.0 (x86_64)
- Clang C/C++ Compiler v 10.0 (x86_64)
- Green Hills Software Compiler for ARM v. 2017.5.x
- Green Hills Software Compiler for ARM64 v. 2017.5.x
- Green Hills Software Compiler for PPC v. 2017.1.x
- Hexagon Clang Compiler v. 8.4.x
- IAR Compiler for ARM v. 8.11.x
- Microchip MPLAB C32 Compiler for PIC32 v2.0x
- QNX GCC 5.x
- QNX GCC 5.x (x86-64)
- QNX GCC 5.x (ARM)
- QNX GCC 5.x (ARM64)
- Renesas RX C/C++ Compiler 2.5x
- TI ARM C/C++ Compiler v18.1
- TI ARM C/C++ Compiler GNU GCC 7.x
Deprecated Compilers
Support for the following compilers is deprecated and will be removed in future releases:
- ARM Compiler 5.0
- ARM Compiler 5.0 for uVision
- GNU GCC 6.x
- GNU GCC 6.x (x86_64)
- Green Hills Software Compiler for PPC v. 2013.1.x
- IAR Compiler for MSP430 v. 6.1x
- Microchip MPLAB C30 Compiler for dsPIC v3.2x
- National Instruments LabWindows/CVI 2015 Clang C/C++ Compiler v3.3 for Win32
Removed Support for Compilers
The following compilers are no longer supported:
- GNU GCC 5.x
- GNU GCC 5.x (x86_64)
- Green Hills Software Compiler for ARM64 v. 2014.1.x
- Green Hills Software Compiler for PPC v. 4.2.x
- Green Hills Software Compiler for PPC v. 5.0.x
- Green Hills Software Compiler for V850 v. 2014.1.x
- IAR Compiler for ARM v. 7.4x
- IAR Compiler for ARM v. 7.8x
- IAR Compiler for M16C & R8C v. 3.5x
- Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0
- Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 (x64)
- SH Series C/C++ Compiler V.9.04.xx
- Vx-toolset for TriCore C/C++ Compiler 6.2
- Wind River GCC 4.8.x
Deprecated Support for IAR Import
Importing Embedded Workbench .ewp project files is now deprecated and will be removed in future releases.
Resolved Bugs and FRs
Bug/FR ID | Description |
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CPP-46243 | [static] Mapping for CERT FIO01-C and FIO21-C should be improved |
CPP-47511 | [static] Split MISRA2004-2_4 (AUTOSAR-A2_7_2-a) rule (exclude doxygen comments) |
CPP-53074 | [static] Optimize scope computation for large workspaces (with C/C++test Pro) |
CPP-55517 | [compiler] Support for Green Hills compiler 2021.1.5 for TriCore |
CPP-55616 | [static] The do-while(0) statements (used in macro) should not be counted in cyclomatic complexity |
CPP-56180 | [static] Remove AUTOSAR-A3_9_1-c rule mapping |
CPP-56567 | [static] MISRA2004-19_9 (MISRAC2012-RULE_20_6-a) does not report violation when '#' is followed by comment with non-ascii characters |
CPP-56606 | [ide] Improve support for linker option LinkLibraryDependencies in VS2019 and VS2022. |
CPP-56716 | [static] MISRACPP2023-28_3_1-a: False positive regarding "persistent side effects" in lambda functions |
CPP-56736 | [static] Improve mapping for MISRACPP2023-6_4_1 to focus on variable names only |
CPP-56779 | [static] MISRACPP2023-0_2_1-a does not support an exception from Rule 0.2.1 |
CPP-56793 | [static] Improve output message in CODSTA-CPP-66 (MISRACPP2023-8_2_2-a) rule |
CPP-56807 | [engine] Parsing fails on a Modern C++ function declaration with "const auto" |
CPP-56814 | [compiler] Support for HighTec C compiler for ARM 8.1 (runtime analysis) |
CPP-56989 | [static] Improve support for CERT_C-DCL37 |
CPP-57005 | [static] MISRACPP2023-0_1_2-a (CODSTA-CPP-58) false positives in unevaluated contexts (noexcept, typeid) |
CPP-57006 | [static] MISRACPP2023-6_4_2-b (OOP-53) false positive when introducing base method through a using declaration (templates) |
CPP-57009 | [static] AUTOSAR-M3_3_2-a: false positive for static keyword in explicit template specialization |
CPP-57033 | [static] TEMPL-16 reports false positive when a template forward declaration is used in another file |
CPP-57057 | [engine] Static inline field parsing error when not initialized explicitly |
CPP-57209 | [engine] error: no instance of function template "std::construct_at" |
CPP-57361 | [engine] cpptestcc fails on __c11_atomic_is_lock_free |
CPP-57389 | [engine] Coverage instrumentation error: Mixing void and non-void results of the functor in for_each is not supported |
CPP-57398 | [engine] Instrumentation compile error: ambiguous call of overloaded Matrix... |
CPP-57399 | [engine] Coverage instrumenation error: TFixedBlockAllocator is not a template |
CPP-57425 | [static] MISRA2004-12_2_f (MISRAC2012-RULE_13_2-f) reports false positive when volatile member of volatile object is used |
CPP-57427 | [static] PORT-28 reports false positive when integer constants with big values are used |
CPP-57428 | [static] MISRACPP2023-6_4_1-e (CODSTA-CPP-85) false positives on heavily templated code |
CPP-57484 | [engine] cpptestcc fails on __c11_atomic_load |
CPP-57517 | [engine] error: declaration is incompatible with "CInfraComArray<CMasterClass ... |
CPP-57524 | [static] False positive for MRM-39 |
CPP-57525 | [static] MRM-19 reports false positive when a pointer is cast before delete |
CPP-57533 | [compiler] Support for powerpc-eabi-gcc 11.2 compiler |
CPP-57538 | [static] Analysis error due to possible ppro crash if 'CR' line endings are used |
CPP-57541 | [static] Incorrectly detected typedef declaration (AUTOSAR-A7_1_6-a, CODSTA-MCPP-02, GLOBAL-UNIQUETYPEDEF, GLOBAL-UNIQUETYPEDEFC) |
CPP-57553 | [engine] Variadic template stubs are ignored |
CPP-57594 | [engine] error: expected an expression static constexpr bool isComplex = ((QTypeInfo<Ts>::isComplex) || ...); |
CPP-57609 | [engine] Add option for disabling C/C++test instrumentation for functions with OpenMP code |
CPP-57628 | [engine] afxpanecontainer.h line 35: error: expected a ")" |
CPP-57659 | [static] FORMAT-43 reports false positive when the closing brace of a block is in the same line as the last statement |
CPP-57673 | [static] Improve mapping for AUTOSAR A7-1-2 |
CPP-57678 | [engine] static assertion failed when running SCA, the original code compiles w/o issues |
CPP-57679 | [engine] Improve compiler configuration for vxtc_6_3 (--fp-model=1) |
CPP-57683 | [ide] Debugging unit tests does not work in VS 2022 latest update (17.10.3) |
CPP-57734 | [engine] Improve support for CLA mode of tic2000_18_1 compiler for Static Analysis |
CPP-57736 | [static] PPRO crash from yylex() in lib/libppro.so |
CPP-57738 | [ide] Invalid libstdc++ dependency for Rulewizard native libraries |
CPP-57739 | [static] INIT-12 (CERT_CPP-DCL56-a) reports false positive when template variable is used in initializer |
CPP-57744 | [engine] xharness crash due to stack overflow during reconstruction |
CPP-57748 | [static] MISRA-005 reports cwc exit code 1 when very long strings are checked |
CPP-57749 | [static] cwc exit code 3 - Narrowing in list initialization ignored in non-evaluated context |
CPP-57770 | [engine] error: incomplete type "A<void>" is not allowed |
CPP-57778 | [engine] Errors with QT brace-initialization |
CPP-57785 | [static] Property 'CapturedVariables' detects local variables that are not captured |
CPP-57796 | [engine] error: expression must have a constant value |
CPP-57802 | [static] Analysis finished with code 33 - signal 11 in libppro.so |
CPP-57834 | [static] Improve support for CERT_C-PRE02 |
CPP-57835 | [bazel] Add option to disable symlinks expansion (CPPTEST_COVERAGE_SRC_ROOT_RESOLVE_SYMLINKS) |
CPP-57885 | [static] CODSTA-CPP-206 (MISRACPP2023-6_8_4) should treat conversion operators differing by cv-qualifiers as function overloads |
CPP-57886 | [static] CODSTA-CPP-206 (MISRACPP2023-6_8_4-a) reports false positive on const-lvalue-ref-qualified template function |
CPP-57892 | [static] MISRACPP2023-0_2_3-a false positive: does not consider decltype/template arg to be a use |
CPP-57893 | [static] Improve mapping for MISRACPP2023 Rule 15.1.3 |
CPP-57894 | [static] OPT-02 (MISRACPP2023-0_2_1-a) reports false positive for a variable used inside 'static_if' |
CPP-57899 | [engine] Instrumentation parse error: more than one operator "=" matches these operands |
CPP-57906 | [static] CODSTA-CPP-212 (MISRACPP2023-7_0_2-a) reports false positive when parameter of 'auto' type is used |
CPP-57918 | [static] MISRA2004-19_16 (MISRAC2012-RULE_20_13-a) reports false positive when line in a comment starts from '#' |
CPP-57919 | [compiler] Improve support for -c99 option for TI compilers |
CPP-57990 | [compiler] Inconsistent handling of profiling flags with GNU GCC |
CPP-57993 | [ide] Corrupted Chinese comments after adding/deleting test cases |
CPP-58001 | [engine] C++23 literal suffixes for floats cause parse errors |
CPP-58011 | [static] Improve CERT_C-ERR32 mapping (BD-PB-ERRNO to BD-PB-SIGHAN) |
CPP-58012 | [static] cannot analyze file (cwc exit code: 4) |
CPP-58013 | [static] CODSTA-CPP-43 (AUTOSAR-A8_4_9-a) reports false positives on references to array types |
CPP-58016 | [static] OOP-07 (AUTOSAR-A10_1_1-a) reports false positive, when interface class contains deleted functions |
CPP-58017 | [static] CODSTA-29 (CERT_C-DCL06-a) reports false positive on enumerations ins[ide] functions |
CPP-58053 | [engine] 'static constexpr' array init error |
CPP-58058 | [engine] no instance of function template "printValue" matches the argument list |
CPP-58060 | [ide] For VS projects with both /std:c17 and /std:c++17 options, it is not possible to run analysis or tests |
CPP-58070 | [engine] Instrumentation problem when -ignore-const-decisions is enabled |
CPP-58072 | [engine] Class does not initialize correctly during instrumentation |
CPP-58077 | [engine] Instrumentation problem due to extra brackets |
CPP-58091 | [static] CODSTA-CPP-206 (MISRACPP2023-6_8_4-a) reports false positive on ref-to-pointer and pointer-to-ref conversions for members which are not subobjects |
CPP-58096 | [static] CODSTA-38 works inconsistently for integer and floating constants |
CPP-58251 | [engine] I\O exception was caught - Unable to read XML file |
CPP-58585 | [engine] Instrumentation error: cannot deduce "auto" type |
FA-4156 | BD-PB-NP should report a violation when null is passed to printf-like function as the argument corresponding to "%s" specifier. |
FA-9845 | MISRACPP2023-11_6_2-a (BD-PB-NOTINIT) False positive - Avoid use before initialization for "*this"? |
FA-9901 | MISRACPP2023-28_6_3-a false positives on forwarding references and lvalues |
FA-9907 | BD-PB-VARARGS False Positive with MSVC |
FA-9912 | MISRAC2012-RULE_14_3-ac (BD-PB-CC) false positive |
FA-9937 | BD-PB-NOTINIT false positive |
FA-9951 | BD-PB-OVERFWR false negative with renesas compiler |
FA-9953 | The default value documented in the rules is not correct |
FA-9961 | BD-PB-ARRAY false positive |
FA-9988 | BD-CO-STRMOD false positive |
FA-9990 | MISRACPP2023-0_2_4-a - false positive, private virtual functions |
FA-9991 | BD-PB-NOTINIT false positive |
FA-9996 | BD-PB-NOTINIT false positive due to wrong assumption about the number of fields to initialize |
FA-10003 | BD-PB-OVERFNZT false positives with two-dimensional char array initialized with string literals. |
FA-10007 | BD-PB-NOTINIT false positive |
FA-10013 | BD-PB-NOTINIT false positive when array is initialized starting from non-first element |
FA-10028 | BD-PB-NOTINIT false positive for Nth loop iteration |
FA-10046 | Flow Analysis was not able to analyze a source file |
Updates to Rules
New Rules
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Updated Rules
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Removed Rules
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