Coverity Scan: elftoolchain

Analysis Metrics

Version: r4247-1

See how defect density for 'elftoolchain' compares with defect density for other open source projects.  Learn more

Note: Defect density is measured by the number of defects per 1,000 lines of code.

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Analysis Metrics per Components

Component Name	Pattern	Ignore	Line of Code	Defect density
libelf	/libelf/.*	No	7,548	0.13
readelf	/readelf/.*	No	7,063	1.42
libdwarf	/libdwarf/.*	No	14,712	0.75
libelftc	/libelftc/.*	No	8,003	0.00
nm	/nm/.*	No	1,688	2.96
elfcopy	/elfcopy/.*	No	5,727	3.49
elfdump	/elfdump/.*	No	2,310	2.16
ar	/ar/.*	No	4,416	0.68
strings	/strings/.*	No	361	0.00
size	/size/.*	No	796	0.00
addr2line	/addr2line/.*	No	577	1.73
brandelf	/brandelf/.*	No	240	0.00
cxxfilt	/cxxfilt/.*	No	155	6.45
findtextrel	/findtextrel/.*	No	341	0.00
ld	/ld/.*	No	18,372	0.98
tools	/tools/.*	No	0	N/A
isa	/isa/.*	No	0	N/A
as	/as/.*	No	0	N/A
libpe	/libpe/.*	No	2,510	1.59
tet	/tests/tet/tet/.*	Yes	33,510	N/A
libelf-testsuite	/tests/tet/libelf/.*	No	54,937	0.71
libelftc-testsuite	/tests/tet/libelftc/.*	No	4,302	0.46
libdwarf-testsuite	/tests/tet/libdwarf/.*	No	3,540	1.98
libtest	/tests/libtest/.*	No	863	0.00
common	/common/.*	No	3,898	0.00
Other	.*	No	15,030	0.07

CWE Top 25 defects

ID	CWE-Name	Number of Defects
120	Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')	8
190	Integer Overflow or Wraparound	12
676	Use of Potentially Dangerous Function	1

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