Release summary

• New queries added for the following rule packages: BannedAPIs, Conversions
• The following changes have been made for this release:
  • A3-9-1 -VariableWidthIntegerTypesUsed.ql:
    • This query now reports the use of non-fixed width integer types in function return types, with the exception ofchar types and formain functions.
• ENV34-C,RULE-21-20,RULE-25-5-3:DoNotStorePointersReturnedByEnvFunctions.ql,CallToSetlocaleInvalidatesOldPointers.ql,CallToSetlocaleInvalidatesOldPointersMisra.ql
• Fixed a misspelling of "subsequent" in the alert message.

Supported versions

• The LGTM pack is not supported on any released version of LGTM without support from GitHub Professional Services.
• The Code Scanning pack is supported when:
  • Using the CodeQL CLI version2.20.7 in conjunction with a copy of the CodeQL standard library for C++ (github/codeql) set to the tagcodeql-cli/v2.20.7.
  • Using the CodeQL Action or CodeQL runner with thecodeql-bundle-v2.20.7.

Appendix: MISRA-C++-2023 new queries

New queries added to cover the following rules:

• RULE-6-9-2 -AvoidStandardIntegerTypeNames.ql
• RULE-7-0-1 -NoConversionFromBool.ql
• RULE-7-0-2 -NoImplicitBoolConversion.ql
• RULE-7-0-3 -NoCharacterNumericalValue.ql
• RULE-7-0-4 -InappropriateBitwiseOrShiftOperands.ql
• RULE-7-0-5 -NoSignednessChangeFromPromotion.ql
• RULE-7-0-6 -NumericAssignmentTypeMismatch.ql
• RULE-7-11-3 -FunctionPointerConversionContext.ql
• RULE-18-5-2 -AvoidProgramTerminatingFunctions.ql
• RULE-21-2-2 -UnsafeStringHandlingFunctions.ql
• RULE-21-2-3 -BannedSystemFunction.ql
• RULE-21-10-1 -NoVariadicFunctionMacros.ql
• RULE-21-10-2 -NoCsetjmpHeader.ql
• RULE-23-11-1 -UseSmartPtrFactoryFunctions.ql
• RULE-24-5-1 -CharacterHandlingFunctionRestrictions.ql
• RULE-24-5-2 -NoMemoryFunctionsFromCString.ql
• RULE-25-5-1 -LocaleGlobalFunctionNotAllowed.ql