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`temporary-cstring-pointer`

Detect raw pointers borrowed from temporary CString values

Severity: warning
Confidence: high
Analyzer: syn-ast
Default policy: Opt-in

Tags

heuristic
security

Framework requirements

No framework requirement.

Limitations

Syntactic analysis does not have rustc name resolution or inferred type information.

Remediation

Bind the CString so its owner outlives every use of the raw pointer.

Fix capability: guidance