OvmfPkg/BasePciCapLib: suppress invalid "nullptr deref" warning

RH covscan reports the following "nullptr deref" warning:

> Error: CLANG_WARNING:
> edk2-89910a39dcfd/OvmfPkg/Library/BasePciCapLib/BasePciCapLib.c:312:5:
> warning: Dereference of null pointer
> #    InstanceZero->NumInstancesUnion.NumInstances++;
> #    ^
> edk2-89910a39dcfd/OvmfPkg/Library/BasePciCapLib/BasePciCapLib.c:509:7:
> note: Assuming 'OutCapList' is not equal to NULL
> #  if (OutCapList == NULL) {
> #      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> edk2-89910a39dcfd/OvmfPkg/Library/BasePciCapLib/BasePciCapLib.c:509:3:
> note: Taking false branch
> #  if (OutCapList == NULL) {
> #  ^
> edk2-89910a39dcfd/OvmfPkg/Library/BasePciCapLib/BasePciCapLib.c:518:7:
> note: Assuming the condition is false
> #  if (OutCapList->Capabilities == NULL) {
> #      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> edk2-89910a39dcfd/OvmfPkg/Library/BasePciCapLib/BasePciCapLib.c:518:3:
> note: Taking false branch
> #  if (OutCapList->Capabilities == NULL) {
> #  ^
> edk2-89910a39dcfd/OvmfPkg/Library/BasePciCapLib/BasePciCapLib.c:529:7:
> note: Assuming 'CapHdrOffsets' is not equal to NULL
> #  if (CapHdrOffsets == NULL) {
> #      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> edk2-89910a39dcfd/OvmfPkg/Library/BasePciCapLib/BasePciCapLib.c:529:3:
> note: Taking false branch
> #  if (CapHdrOffsets == NULL) {
> #  ^
> edk2-89910a39dcfd/OvmfPkg/Library/BasePciCapLib/BasePciCapLib.c:546:3:
> note: Taking false branch
> #  if (RETURN_ERROR (Status)) {
> #  ^
> edk2-89910a39dcfd/OvmfPkg/Library/BasePciCapLib/BasePciCapLib.c:549:7:
> note: Assuming the condition is true
> #  if ((PciStatusReg & EFI_PCI_STATUS_CAPABILITY) != 0) {
> #      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> edk2-89910a39dcfd/OvmfPkg/Library/BasePciCapLib/BasePciCapLib.c:549:3:
> note: Taking true branch
> #  if ((PciStatusReg & EFI_PCI_STATUS_CAPABILITY) != 0) {
> #  ^
> edk2-89910a39dcfd/OvmfPkg/Library/BasePciCapLib/BasePciCapLib.c:557:5:
> note: Taking false branch
> #    if (RETURN_ERROR (Status)) {
> #    ^
> edk2-89910a39dcfd/OvmfPkg/Library/BasePciCapLib/BasePciCapLib.c:565:12:
> note: Assuming 'NormalCapHdrOffset' is > 0
> #    while (NormalCapHdrOffset > 0) {
> #           ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> edk2-89910a39dcfd/OvmfPkg/Library/BasePciCapLib/BasePciCapLib.c:565:5:
> note: Loop condition is true.  Entering loop body
> #    while (NormalCapHdrOffset > 0) {
> #    ^
> edk2-89910a39dcfd/OvmfPkg/Library/BasePciCapLib/BasePciCapLib.c:570:7:
> note: Taking false branch
> #      if (RETURN_ERROR (Status)) {
> #      ^
> edk2-89910a39dcfd/OvmfPkg/Library/BasePciCapLib/BasePciCapLib.c:574:16:
> note: Calling 'InsertPciCap'
> #      Status = InsertPciCap (OutCapList, CapHdrOffsets, PciCapNormal,
> #               ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> edk2-89910a39dcfd/OvmfPkg/Library/BasePciCapLib/BasePciCapLib.c:235:3:
> note: Null pointer value stored to 'InstanceZero'
> #  InstanceZero = NULL;
> #  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> edk2-89910a39dcfd/OvmfPkg/Library/BasePciCapLib/BasePciCapLib.c:243:7:
> note: Assuming 'PciCap' is not equal to NULL
> #  if (PciCap == NULL) {
> #      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> edk2-89910a39dcfd/OvmfPkg/Library/BasePciCapLib/BasePciCapLib.c:243:3:
> note: Taking false branch
> #  if (PciCap == NULL) {
> #  ^
> edk2-89910a39dcfd/OvmfPkg/Library/BasePciCapLib/BasePciCapLib.c:259:3:
> note: Taking false branch
> #  if (RETURN_ERROR (Status)) {
> #  ^
> edk2-89910a39dcfd/OvmfPkg/Library/BasePciCapLib/BasePciCapLib.c:297:3:
> note: Taking false branch
> #  if (RETURN_ERROR (Status)) {
> #  ^
> edk2-89910a39dcfd/OvmfPkg/Library/BasePciCapLib/BasePciCapLib.c:311:7:
> note: Assuming the condition is true
> #  if (PciCap->Key.Instance > 0) {
> #      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> edk2-89910a39dcfd/OvmfPkg/Library/BasePciCapLib/BasePciCapLib.c:311:3:
> note: Taking true branch
> #  if (PciCap->Key.Instance > 0) {
> #  ^
> edk2-89910a39dcfd/OvmfPkg/Library/BasePciCapLib/BasePciCapLib.c:312:5:
> note: Dereference of null pointer
> #    InstanceZero->NumInstancesUnion.NumInstances++;
> #    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> #  310|     //
> #  311|     if (PciCap->Key.Instance > 0) {
> #  312|->     InstanceZero->NumInstancesUnion.NumInstances++;
> #  313|     }
> #  314|     return RETURN_SUCCESS;

The warning is invalid: the flagged dereferencing of "InstanceZero" is
gated by a condition that is only satisfied if we dereference
"InstanceZero" *first*.

(Perhaps the analyzer assumes that the OrderedCollectionInsert() call,
just before line 259, can change the value of "PciCap->Key.Instance" via
the last argument:

   254    //
   255    // Add PciCap to CapList.
   256    //
   257    Status = OrderedCollectionInsert (CapList->Capabilities, &PciCapEntry,
   258               PciCap);
   259    if (RETURN_ERROR (Status)) {

That assumption is incorrect.)

Add a comment and an ASSERT().

Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Cc: Jordan Justen <jordan.l.justen@intel.com>
Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1710
Issue: scan-0994.txt
Signed-off-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daude <philmd@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/OvmfPkg/Library/BasePciCapLib/BasePciCapLib.c b/OvmfPkg/Library/BasePciCapLib/BasePciCapLib.c
index 4968d2b478..c6f2c72650 100644
--- a/OvmfPkg/Library/BasePciCapLib/BasePciCapLib.c
+++ b/OvmfPkg/Library/BasePciCapLib/BasePciCapLib.c
@@ -303,6 +303,13 @@ InsertPciCap (
   // not the first instance of (Domain, CapId).

   //

   if (PciCap->Key.Instance > 0) {

+    //

+    // Suppress invalid "nullptr dereference" compiler/analyzer warnings: the

+    // only way for "PciCap->Key.Instance" to be positive here is for it to

+    // have been assigned *from* dereferencing "InstanceZero" above.

+    //

+    ASSERT (InstanceZero != NULL);

+

     InstanceZero->NumInstancesUnion.NumInstances++;

   }

   return RETURN_SUCCESS;