Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master' into UselessCat

Author: erik-krogh

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ Follow the steps below to help other users understand what your query does, and
    Query help files explain the purpose of your query to other users. Write your query help in a `.qhelp` file and save it in the same directory as your new query. 
    For more information on writing query help, see the [Query help style guide](https://github.com/Semmle/ql/blob/master/docs/query-help-style-guide.md).
 
+7. **Maintain backwards compatibility**
+
+The standard CodeQL libraries must evolve in a backwards compatible manner. If any backwards incompatible changes need to be made, the existing API must first be marked as deprecated. This is done by adding a `deprecated` annotation along with a QLDoc reference to the replacement API. Only after at least one full release cycle has elapsed may the old API be removed.
+
+In addition to contributions to our standard queries and libraries, we also welcome contributions of a more experimental nature, which do not need to fulfill all the requirements listed above. See the guidelines for [experimental queries and libraries](docs/experimental.md) for details.
+
 ## Using your personal data
 
 If you contribute to this project, we will record your name and email

change-notes/1.24/analysis-cpp.md

@@ -46,3 +46,5 @@ The following changes in version 1.24 affect C/C++ analysis in all applications.
   the following improvements:
   * The library now models data flow through `strdup` and similar functions.
   * The library now models data flow through formatting functions such as `sprintf`.
+* The security pack taint tracking library (`semmle.code.cpp.security.TaintTracking`) uses a new intermediate representation. This provides a more precise analysis of pointers to stack variables and flow through parameters, improving the results of many security queries.
+* The global value numbering library (`semmle.code.cpp.valuenumbering.GlobalValueNumbering`) uses a new intermediate representation to provide a more precise analysis of heap allocated memory and pointers to stack variables.

change-notes/1.24/analysis-javascript.md

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## General improvements
 
+* TypeScript 3.8 is now supported.
+
 * Alert suppression can now be done with single-line block comments (`/* ... */`) as well as line comments (`// ...`).
 
 * Imports with the `.js` extension can now be resolved to a TypeScript file,
@@ -13,6 +15,10 @@
 
 * The analysis of sanitizer guards has improved, leading to fewer false-positive results from the security queries.
 
+* The call graph construction has been improved, leading to more results from the security queries:
+  - Calls can now be resolved to indirectly-defined class members in more cases.
+  - Calls through partial invocations such as `.bind` can now be resolved in more cases.
+
 * Support for the following frameworks and libraries has been improved:
   - [Electron](https://electronjs.org/)
   - [Handlebars](https://www.npmjs.com/package/handlebars)
@@ -37,6 +43,7 @@
 | Cross-site scripting through exception (`js/xss-through-exception`) | security, external/cwe/cwe-079, external/cwe/cwe-116              | Highlights potential XSS vulnerabilities where an exception is written to the DOM. Results are not shown on LGTM by default. |
 | Regular expression always matches (`js/regex/always-matches`) | correctness, regular-expressions | Highlights regular expression checks that trivially succeed by matching an empty substring. Results are shown on LGTM by default. |
 | Missing await (`js/missing-await`) | correctness | Highlights expressions that operate directly on a promise object in a nonsensical way, instead of awaiting its result. Results are shown on LGTM by default. |
+| Polynomial regular expression used on uncontrolled data (`js/polynomial-redos`) | security, external/cwe/cwe-730, external/cwe/cwe-400 | Highlights expensive regular expressions that may be used on malicious input. Results are shown on LGTM by default. | 
 | Prototype pollution in utility function (`js/prototype-pollution-utility`) | security, external/cwe/cwe-400, external/cwe/cwe-471 | Highlights recursive copying operations that are susceptible to prototype pollution. Results are shown on LGTM by default. |
 | Unsafe jQuery plugin (`js/unsafe-jquery-plugin`) | Highlights potential XSS vulnerabilities in unsafely designed jQuery plugins. Results are shown on LGTM by default. |
 | Useless use of cat (`js/useless-use-of-cat`) | correctness, security, maintainability | Highlights command executions of `cat` where the fs API should be used instead. Results are shown on LGTM by default. |

config/identical-files.json

@@ -222,10 +222,12 @@
     "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/aliased_ssa/internal/PrintSSA.qll",
     "csharp/ql/src/semmle/code/csharp/ir/implementation/unaliased_ssa/internal/PrintSSA.qll"
   ],
-  "C++ IR ValueNumberInternal": [
+  "IR ValueNumberInternal": [
     "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/raw/gvn/internal/ValueNumberingInternal.qll",
     "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/unaliased_ssa/gvn/internal/ValueNumberingInternal.qll",
-    "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/aliased_ssa/gvn/internal/ValueNumberingInternal.qll"
+    "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/aliased_ssa/gvn/internal/ValueNumberingInternal.qll",
+    "csharp/ql/src/semmle/code/csharp/ir/implementation/raw/gvn/internal/ValueNumberingInternal.qll",
+    "csharp/ql/src/semmle/code/csharp/ir/implementation/unaliased_ssa/gvn/internal/ValueNumberingInternal.qll"
   ],
   "C++ IR ValueNumber": [
     "cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/ir/implementation/raw/gvn/ValueNumbering.qll",

cpp/ql/src/experimental/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This directory contains [experimental](../../../../docs/experimental.md) CodeQL queries and libraries.

cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/dataflow/internal/DataFlowDispatch.qll

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 private import cpp
 
-Function viableImpl(Call call) { result = viableCallable(call) }
-
 /**
  * Gets a function that might be called by `call`.
  */