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//===- AEDetector.cpp -- Vulnerability Detectors---------------------------------//
//
//                     SVF: Static Value-Flow Analysis
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// Copyright (C) <2013->  <Yulei Sui>
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//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
 
//
//  Created on: May 1, 2025
//      Author: Xiao Cheng, Jiawei Wang, Mingxiu Wang
//
 
#include <AE/Svfexe/AEDetector.h>
#include <AE/Svfexe/AbsExtAPI.h>
#include <AE/Svfexe/AbstractInterpretation.h>
#include "AE/Core/AddressValue.h"
#include <algorithm>
 
using namespace SVF;
void BufOverflowDetector::detect(const ICFGNode* node)
{
    auto& ae = AbstractInterpretation::getAEInstance();
    if (!SVFUtil::isa<CallICFGNode>(node))
    {
        // Handle non-call nodes by analyzing GEP instructions
        for (const SVFStmt* stmt : node->getSVFStmts())
        {
            if (const GepStmt* gep = SVFUtil::dyn_cast<GepStmt>(stmt))
            {
                SVFIR* svfir = PAG::getPAG();
 
                // Update the GEP object offset from its base
                const AbstractValue& lhsVal = ae.getAbsValue(gep->getLHSVar(), node);
                const AbstractValue& rhsVal = ae.getAbsValue(gep->getRHSVar(), node);
                updateGepObjOffsetFromBase(node, lhsVal.getAddrs(), rhsVal.getAddrs(),
                                           ae.getGepByteOffset(gep));
 
                const AddressValue& objAddrs = rhsVal.getAddrs();
                for (const auto& addr : objAddrs)
                {
                    NodeID objId = ae.getAbsState(node).getIDFromAddr(addr);
                    u32_t size = 0;
                    u32_t lower = 0;
                    // like `int arr[10]` which has constant size before runtime
                    if (svfir->getBaseObject(objId)->isConstantByteSize())
                    {
                        size = svfir->getBaseObject(objId)->getByteSizeOfObj();
                        lower = size;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        // like `int len = ***; int arr[len]`, whose size can only be known in runtime
                        const ICFGNode* addrNode = svfir->getBaseObject(objId)->getICFGNode();
                        for (const SVFStmt* stmt2 : addrNode->getSVFStmts())
                        {
                            if (const AddrStmt* addrStmt = SVFUtil::dyn_cast<AddrStmt>(stmt2))
                            {
                                const auto bounds = ae.getAllocaInstByteSize(addrStmt);
                                size = bounds.upperBound;
                                lower = bounds.lowerBound;
                            }
                        }
                    }
 
                    // Calculate access offset and check for potential overflow
                    IntervalValue accessOffset = getAccessOffset(objId, gep);
                    if (accessOffset.ub().getIntNumeral() >= size)
                    {
                        AEException bug(stmt->toString());
                        addBugToReporter(bug, stmt->getICFGNode(),
                        {size, lower, accessOffset});
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
    else
    {
        // Handle call nodes by checking for external API calls
        const CallICFGNode* callNode = SVFUtil::cast<CallICFGNode>(node);
        if (SVFUtil::isExtCall(callNode->getCalledFunction()))
        {
            detectExtAPI(callNode);
        }
    }
}
 
 
void BufOverflowDetector::handleStubFunctions(const SVF::CallICFGNode* callNode)
{
    // get function name
    std::string funcName = callNode->getCalledFunction()->getName();
    auto& ae = AbstractInterpretation::getAEInstance();
    if (funcName == "SAFE_BUFACCESS")
    {
        ae.getUtils()->checkpoints.erase(callNode);
        if (callNode->arg_size() < 2)
            return;
        IntervalValue val = ae.getAbsValue(callNode->getArgument(1), callNode).getInterval();
        if (val.isBottom())
        {
            val = IntervalValue(0);
            assert(false && "SAFE_BUFACCESS size is bottom");
        }
        const ValVar* arg0Val = callNode->getArgument(0);
        bool isSafe = canSafelyAccessMemory(arg0Val, val, callNode);
        if (isSafe)
        {
            SVFUtil::outs() << SVFUtil::sucMsg("success: expected safe buffer access at SAFE_BUFACCESS")
                            << " — " << callNode->toString() << "\n";
            return;
        }
        else
        {
            SVFUtil::outs() << SVFUtil::errMsg("failure: unexpected buffer overflow at SAFE_BUFACCESS")
                            << " — Position: " << callNode->getSourceLoc() << "\n";
            assert(false);
        }
    }
    else if (funcName == "UNSAFE_BUFACCESS")
    {
        ae.getUtils()->checkpoints.erase(callNode);
        if (callNode->arg_size() < 2) return;
        IntervalValue val = ae.getAbsValue(callNode->getArgument(1), callNode).getInterval();
        if (val.isBottom())
        {
            assert(false && "UNSAFE_BUFACCESS size is bottom");
        }
        const ValVar* arg0Val = callNode->getArgument(0);
        bool isSafe = canSafelyAccessMemory(arg0Val, val, callNode);
        if (!isSafe)
        {
            SVFUtil::outs() << SVFUtil::sucMsg("success: expected buffer overflow at UNSAFE_BUFACCESS")
                            << " — " << callNode->toString() << "\n";
            return;
        }
        else
        {
            SVFUtil::outs() << SVFUtil::errMsg("failure: buffer overflow expected at UNSAFE_BUFACCESS, but none detected")
                            << " — Position: " << callNode->getSourceLoc() << "\n";
            assert(false);
        }
    }
}
 
void BufOverflowDetector::initExtAPIBufOverflowCheckRules()
{
    extAPIBufOverflowCheckRules["llvm_memcpy_p0i8_p0i8_i64"] = {{0, 2}, {1, 2}};
    extAPIBufOverflowCheckRules["llvm_memcpy_p0_p0_i64"] = {{0, 2}, {1, 2}};
    extAPIBufOverflowCheckRules["llvm_memcpy_p0i8_p0i8_i32"] = {{0, 2}, {1, 2}};
    extAPIBufOverflowCheckRules["llvm_memcpy"] = {{0, 2}, {1, 2}};
    extAPIBufOverflowCheckRules["llvm_memmove"] = {{0, 2}, {1, 2}};
    extAPIBufOverflowCheckRules["llvm_memmove_p0i8_p0i8_i64"] = {{0, 2}, {1, 2}};
    extAPIBufOverflowCheckRules["llvm_memmove_p0_p0_i64"] = {{0, 2}, {1, 2}};
    extAPIBufOverflowCheckRules["llvm_memmove_p0i8_p0i8_i32"] = {{0, 2}, {1, 2}};
    extAPIBufOverflowCheckRules["__memcpy_chk"] = {{0, 2}, {1, 2}};
    extAPIBufOverflowCheckRules["memmove"] = {{0, 2}, {1, 2}};
    extAPIBufOverflowCheckRules["bcopy"] = {{0, 2}, {1, 2}};
    extAPIBufOverflowCheckRules["memccpy"] = {{0, 3}, {1, 3}};
    extAPIBufOverflowCheckRules["__memmove_chk"] = {{0, 2}, {1, 2}};
    extAPIBufOverflowCheckRules["llvm_memset"] = {{0, 2}};
    extAPIBufOverflowCheckRules["llvm_memset_p0i8_i32"] = {{0, 2}};
    extAPIBufOverflowCheckRules["llvm_memset_p0i8_i64"] = {{0, 2}};
    extAPIBufOverflowCheckRules["llvm_memset_p0_i64"] = {{0, 2}};
    extAPIBufOverflowCheckRules["__memset_chk"] = {{0, 2}};
    extAPIBufOverflowCheckRules["wmemset"] = {{0, 2}};
    extAPIBufOverflowCheckRules["strncpy"] = {{0, 2}, {1, 2}};
    extAPIBufOverflowCheckRules["iconv"] = {{1, 2}, {3, 4}};
}
 
void BufOverflowDetector::detectExtAPI(const CallICFGNode* call)
{
    assert(call->getCalledFunction() && "FunObjVar* is nullptr");
    auto& ae = AbstractInterpretation::getAEInstance();
 
    AbsExtAPI::ExtAPIType extType = AbsExtAPI::UNCLASSIFIED;
 
    // Determine the type of external memory API
    for (const std::string &annotation : ExtAPI::getExtAPI()->getExtFuncAnnotations(call->getCalledFunction()))
    {
        if (annotation.find("MEMCPY") != std::string::npos)
            extType = AbsExtAPI::MEMCPY;
        if (annotation.find("MEMSET") != std::string::npos)
            extType = AbsExtAPI::MEMSET;
        if (annotation.find("STRCPY") != std::string::npos)
            extType = AbsExtAPI::STRCPY;
        if (annotation.find("STRCAT") != std::string::npos)
            extType = AbsExtAPI::STRCAT;
    }
 
    // Apply buffer overflow checks based on the determined API type
    BufferOverflowInfo info;
    if (extType == AbsExtAPI::MEMCPY)
    {
        if (extAPIBufOverflowCheckRules.count(call->getCalledFunction()->getName()) == 0)
        {
            SVFUtil::errs() << "Warning: " << call->getCalledFunction()->getName() << " is not in the rules, please implement it\n";
            return;
        }
        std::vector<std::pair<u32_t, u32_t>> args =
                                              extAPIBufOverflowCheckRules.at(call->getCalledFunction()->getName());
        for (auto arg : args)
        {
            IntervalValue offset = ae.getAbsValue(call->getArgument(arg.second), call).getInterval() - IntervalValue(1);
            const ValVar* argVar = call->getArgument(arg.first);
            if (!canSafelyAccessMemory(argVar, offset, call, &info))
            {
                AEException bug(call->toString());
                addBugToReporter(bug, call, info);
            }
        }
    }
    else if (extType == AbsExtAPI::MEMSET)
    {
        if (extAPIBufOverflowCheckRules.count(call->getCalledFunction()->getName()) == 0)
        {
            SVFUtil::errs() << "Warning: " << call->getCalledFunction()->getName() << " is not in the rules, please implement it\n";
            return;
        }
        std::vector<std::pair<u32_t, u32_t>> args =
                                              extAPIBufOverflowCheckRules.at(call->getCalledFunction()->getName());
        for (auto arg : args)
        {
            IntervalValue offset = ae.getAbsValue(call->getArgument(arg.second), call).getInterval() - IntervalValue(1);
            const ValVar* argVar = call->getArgument(arg.first);
            if (!canSafelyAccessMemory(argVar, offset, call, &info))
            {
                AEException bug(call->toString());
                addBugToReporter(bug, call, info);
            }
        }
    }
    else if (extType == AbsExtAPI::STRCPY)
    {
        if (!detectStrcpy(call, info))
        {
            AEException bug(call->toString());
            addBugToReporter(bug, call, info);
        }
    }
    else if (extType == AbsExtAPI::STRCAT)
    {
        if (!detectStrcat(call, info))
        {
            AEException bug(call->toString());
            addBugToReporter(bug, call, info);
        }
    }
    else
    {
        // Handle other cases
    }
}
 
IntervalValue BufOverflowDetector::getAccessOffset(SVF::NodeID objId, const SVF::GepStmt* gep)
{
    SVFIR* svfir = PAG::getPAG();
    auto& ae = AbstractInterpretation::getAEInstance();
    auto obj = svfir->getSVFVar(objId);
 
    if (SVFUtil::isa<BaseObjVar>(obj))
    {
        return ae.getGepByteOffset(gep);
    }
    else if (SVFUtil::isa<GepObjVar>(obj))
    {
        return getGepObjOffsetFromBase(SVFUtil::cast<GepObjVar>(obj)) + ae.getGepByteOffset(gep);
    }
    else
    {
        assert(SVFUtil::isa<DummyObjVar>(obj) && "Unknown object type");
        return IntervalValue::top();
    }
}
 
void BufOverflowDetector::updateGepObjOffsetFromBase(const SVF::ICFGNode* node, SVF::AddressValue gepAddrs, SVF::AddressValue objAddrs, SVF::IntervalValue offset)
{
    SVFIR* svfir = PAG::getPAG();
    auto& ae = AbstractInterpretation::getAEInstance();
    const AbstractState& as = ae.getAbsState(node);
 
    for (const auto& objAddr : objAddrs)
    {
        NodeID objId = as.getIDFromAddr(objAddr);
        auto obj = svfir->getSVFVar(objId);
 
        if (SVFUtil::isa<BaseObjVar>(obj))
        {
            // if the object is a BaseObjVar, add the offset directly
            // like llvm bc `arr = alloc i8 12; p = gep arr, 4`
            // we write key value pair {gep, 4}
            for (const auto& gepAddr : gepAddrs)
            {
                NodeID gepObj = as.getIDFromAddr(gepAddr);
                if (const GepObjVar* gepObjVar = SVFUtil::dyn_cast<GepObjVar>(svfir->getSVFVar(gepObj)))
                {
                    addToGepObjOffsetFromBase(gepObjVar, offset);
                }
                else
                {
                    assert(AbstractState::isNullOrBlackHoleAddr(gepAddr) &&
                           "GEP object is neither a GepObjVar nor an address without a backing object");
                }
            }
        }
        else if (SVFUtil::isa<GepObjVar>(obj))
        {
            // if the object is a GepObjVar, add the offset from the base object
            // like llvm bc `arr = alloc i8 12; p = gep arr, 4; q = gep p, 6`
            // we retreive {p, 4} and write {q, 4+6}
            const GepObjVar* objVar = SVFUtil::cast<GepObjVar>(obj);
            for (const auto& gepAddr : gepAddrs)
            {
                NodeID gepObj = as.getIDFromAddr(gepAddr);
                if (const GepObjVar* gepObjVar = SVFUtil::dyn_cast<GepObjVar>(svfir->getSVFVar(gepObj)))
                {
                    if (hasGepObjOffsetFromBase(objVar))
                    {
                        IntervalValue objOffsetFromBase =
                            getGepObjOffsetFromBase(objVar);
                        if (!hasGepObjOffsetFromBase(gepObjVar))
                            addToGepObjOffsetFromBase(
                                gepObjVar, objOffsetFromBase + offset);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        assert(false &&
                               "GEP RHS object has no offset from base");
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    assert(AbstractState::isNullOrBlackHoleAddr(gepAddr) &&
                           "GEP object is neither a GepObjVar nor an address without a backing object");
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
 
bool BufOverflowDetector::detectStrcpy(const CallICFGNode *call, BufferOverflowInfo& info)
{
    const ValVar* arg0Val = call->getArgument(0);
    const ValVar* arg1Val = call->getArgument(1);
    auto& ae = AbstractInterpretation::getAEInstance();
    IntervalValue strLen = ae.getUtils()->getStrlen(arg1Val, call);
    return canSafelyAccessMemory(arg0Val, strLen, call, &info);
}
 
bool BufOverflowDetector::detectStrcat(const CallICFGNode *call, BufferOverflowInfo& info)
{
    auto& ae = AbstractInterpretation::getAEInstance();
    const std::vector<std::string> strcatGroup = {"__strcat_chk", "strcat", "__wcscat_chk", "wcscat"};
    const std::vector<std::string> strncatGroup = {"__strncat_chk", "strncat", "__wcsncat_chk", "wcsncat"};
 
    if (std::find(strcatGroup.begin(), strcatGroup.end(), call->getCalledFunction()->getName()) != strcatGroup.end())
    {
        const ValVar* arg0Val = call->getArgument(0);
        const ValVar* arg1Val = call->getArgument(1);
        IntervalValue strLen0 = ae.getUtils()->getStrlen(arg0Val, call);
        IntervalValue strLen1 = ae.getUtils()->getStrlen(arg1Val, call);
        IntervalValue totalLen = strLen0 + strLen1;
        return canSafelyAccessMemory(arg0Val, totalLen, call, &info);
    }
    else if (std::find(strncatGroup.begin(), strncatGroup.end(), call->getCalledFunction()->getName()) != strncatGroup.end())
    {
        const ValVar* arg0Val = call->getArgument(0);
        const ValVar* arg2Val = call->getArgument(2);
        IntervalValue arg2Num = ae.getAbsValue(arg2Val, call).getInterval();
        IntervalValue strLen0 = ae.getUtils()->getStrlen(arg0Val, call);
        IntervalValue totalLen = strLen0 + arg2Num;
        return canSafelyAccessMemory(arg0Val, totalLen, call, &info);
    }
    else
    {
        assert(false && "Unknown strcat function, please add it to strcatGroup or strncatGroup");
        abort();
    }
}
 
bool BufOverflowDetector::canSafelyAccessMemory(const ValVar* value, const IntervalValue& len,
        const ICFGNode* node, BufferOverflowInfo* info)
{
    if (info) *info = {};
    SVFIR* svfir = PAG::getPAG();
    auto& ae = AbstractInterpretation::getAEInstance();
 
    AbstractValue ptrVal = ae.getAbsValue(value, node);
    if (!ptrVal.isAddr())
    {
        ptrVal = AddressValue(BlackHoleObjAddr);
        ae.updateAbsValue(value, ptrVal, node);
    }
 
    const AddressValue& addresses = ptrVal.getAddrs();
    if (std::any_of(addresses.begin(), addresses.end(),
                    AbstractState::isNullOrBlackHoleAddr))
        return false;
 
    for (const auto& addr : addresses)
    {
        NodeID objId = ae.getAbsState(node).getIDFromAddr(addr);
        u32_t size = 0;
        u32_t lower = 0;
        // if the object is a constant size object, get the size directly
        if (svfir->getBaseObject(objId)->isConstantByteSize())
        {
            size = svfir->getBaseObject(objId)->getByteSizeOfObj();
            lower = size;
        }
        else
        {
            // if the object is not a constant size object, get the size from the addrStmt
            const ICFGNode* addrNode = svfir->getBaseObject(objId)->getICFGNode();
            for (const SVFStmt* stmt2 : addrNode->getSVFStmts())
            {
                if (const AddrStmt* addrStmt = SVFUtil::dyn_cast<AddrStmt>(stmt2))
                {
                    const auto bounds = ae.getAllocaInstByteSize(addrStmt);
                    size = bounds.upperBound;
                    lower = bounds.lowerBound;
                }
            }
        }
 
        IntervalValue offset(0);
        // if the object is a GepObjVar, get the offset from the base object
        if (SVFUtil::isa<GepObjVar>(svfir->getSVFVar(objId)))
        {
            offset = getGepObjOffsetFromBase(SVFUtil::cast<GepObjVar>(svfir->getSVFVar(objId))) + len;
        }
        else if (SVFUtil::isa<BaseObjVar>(svfir->getSVFVar(objId)))
        {
            // if the object is a BaseObjVar, get the offset directly
            offset = len;
        }
 
        // if the offset is greater than the size, return false
        if (offset.ub().getIntNumeral() >= size)
        {
            if (info) *info = {size, lower, offset};
            return false;
        }
    }
    return true;
}
 
void NullptrDerefDetector::detect(const ICFGNode* node)
{
    if (SVFUtil::isa<CallICFGNode>(node))
    {
        // external API like memset(*dst, elem, sz)
        // we check if it's external api and check the corrisponding index
        const CallICFGNode* callNode = SVFUtil::cast<CallICFGNode>(node);
        if (SVFUtil::isExtCall(callNode->getCalledFunction()))
        {
            detectExtAPI(callNode);
        }
    }
    else
    {
        for (const auto& stmt: node->getSVFStmts())
        {
            if (const GepStmt* gep = SVFUtil::dyn_cast<GepStmt>(stmt))
            {
                // like llvm bitcode `p = gep p, idx`
                // we check rhs p's all address are valid mem
                const ValVar* rhs = gep->getRHSVar();
                if (!canSafelyDerefPtr(rhs, node))
                {
                    AEException bug(stmt->toString());
                    addBugToReporter(bug, stmt->getICFGNode());
                }
            }
            else if (const LoadStmt* load = SVFUtil::dyn_cast<LoadStmt>(stmt))
            {
                // like llvm bitcode `p = load q`
                // we check lhs p's all address are valid mem
                const ValVar* lhs = load->getLHSVar();
                if (!canSafelyDerefPtr(lhs, node))
                {
                    AEException bug(stmt->toString());
                    addBugToReporter(bug, stmt->getICFGNode());
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
 
 
void NullptrDerefDetector::handleStubFunctions(const CallICFGNode* callNode)
{
    std::string funcName = callNode->getCalledFunction()->getName();
    auto& ae = AbstractInterpretation::getAEInstance();
    if (funcName == "UNSAFE_LOAD")
    {
        // void UNSAFE_LOAD(void* ptr);
        ae.getUtils()->checkpoints.erase(callNode);
        if (callNode->arg_size() < 1)
            return;
 
        const ValVar* arg0Val = callNode->getArgument(0);
        // opt may directly dereference a null pointer and call UNSAFE_LOAD(null)
        bool isSafe = canSafelyDerefPtr(arg0Val, callNode) && arg0Val->getId() != 0;
        SVFUtil::outs() << "[UNSAFE_LOAD] node=" << callNode->getId()
                        << " arg0=" << arg0Val->getId() << " isSafe=" << isSafe
                        << "\n";
        if (!isSafe)
        {
            SVFUtil::outs() << SVFUtil::sucMsg("success: expected null dereference at UNSAFE_LOAD")
                            << " — " << callNode->toString() << "\n";
            return;
        }
        else
        {
            SVFUtil::outs() << SVFUtil::errMsg("failure: null dereference expected at UNSAFE_LOAD, but none detected")
                            << " — Position: " << callNode->getSourceLoc() << "\n";
            assert(false);
        }
    }
    else if (funcName == "SAFE_LOAD")
    {
        // void SAFE_LOAD(void* ptr);
        ae.getUtils()->checkpoints.erase(callNode);
        if (callNode->arg_size() < 1) return;
        const ValVar* arg0Val = callNode->getArgument(0);
        // opt may directly dereference a null pointer and call UNSAFE_LOAD(null)ols
        bool isSafe = canSafelyDerefPtr(arg0Val, callNode) && arg0Val->getId() != 0;
        if (isSafe)
        {
            SVFUtil::outs() << SVFUtil::sucMsg("success: expected safe dereference at SAFE_LOAD")
                            << " — " << callNode->toString() << "\n";
            return;
        }
        else
        {
            SVFUtil::outs() << SVFUtil::errMsg("failure: unexpected null dereference at SAFE_LOAD")
                            << " — Position: " << callNode->getSourceLoc() << "\n";
            assert(false);
        }
    }
}
 
void NullptrDerefDetector::detectExtAPI(const CallICFGNode* call)
{
    assert(call->getCalledFunction() && "FunObjVar* is nullptr");
    // get ext type
    // get argument index which are nullptr deref checkpoints for extapi
    std::vector<u32_t> tmp_args;
    for (const std::string &annotation: ExtAPI::getExtAPI()->getExtFuncAnnotations(call->getCalledFunction()))
    {
        if (annotation.find("MEMCPY") != std::string::npos)
        {
            if (call->arg_size() < 4)
            {
                // for memcpy(void* dest, const void* src, size_t n)
                tmp_args.push_back(0);
                tmp_args.push_back(1);
            }
            else
            {
                // for unsigned long iconv(void* cd, char **restrict inbuf, unsigned long *restrict inbytesleft, char **restrict outbuf, unsigned long *restrict outbytesleft)
                tmp_args.push_back(1);
                tmp_args.push_back(2);
                tmp_args.push_back(3);
                tmp_args.push_back(4);
            }
        }
        else if (annotation.find("MEMSET") != std::string::npos)
        {
            // for memset(void* dest, elem, sz)
            tmp_args.push_back(0);
        }
        else if (annotation.find("STRCPY") != std::string::npos)
        {
            // for strcpy(void* dest, void* src)
            tmp_args.push_back(0);
            tmp_args.push_back(1);
        }
        else if (annotation.find("STRCAT") != std::string::npos)
        {
            // for strcat(void* dest, const void* src)
            // for strncat(void* dest, const void* src, size_t n)
            tmp_args.push_back(0);
            tmp_args.push_back(1);
        }
    }
 
    for (const auto &arg: tmp_args)
    {
        if (call->arg_size() <= arg)
            continue;
        const ValVar* argVal = call->getArgument(arg);
        if (argVal && !canSafelyDerefPtr(argVal, call))
        {
            AEException bug(call->toString());
            addBugToReporter(bug, call);
        }
    }
}
 
 
bool NullptrDerefDetector::canSafelyDerefPtr(const ValVar* value, const ICFGNode* node)
{
    auto& ae = AbstractInterpretation::getAEInstance();
    const AbstractValue& AbsVal = ae.getAbsValue(value, node);
    if (isUninit(AbsVal)) return false;
    if (!AbsVal.isAddr()) return true;
    for (const auto &addr: AbsVal.getAddrs())
    {
        // Unknown, null, and freed addresses cannot be safely dereferenced.
        if (AbstractState::isNullOrBlackHoleAddr(addr) ||
                ae.getAbsState(node).isFreedMem(addr))
            return false;
    }
    return true;
}