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Title:	MEM51-CPP. Properly deallocate dynamically allocated resources
Author:	Aaron Ballman	Dec 10, 2014
Last Changed by:	Amy Gale	Jan 30, 2025
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SEI CERT C++ Coding Standard (5)     Page: ERR57-CPP. Do not leak resources when handling exceptions     Page: MEM56-CPP. Do not store an already-owned pointer value in an unrelated smart pointer     Page: MEM53-CPP. Explicitly construct and destruct objects when manually managing object lifetime     Page: FIO51-CPP. Close files when they are no longer needed     Page: DCL54-CPP. Overload allocation and deallocation functions as a pair in the same scope

SEI CERT C Coding Standard (1)     Page: WIN30-C. Properly pair allocation and deallocation functions

Parent Page     Page: Rule 06. Memory Management (MEM)

• notes
• cwe-590
• review-dms
• nptc
• review
• rule
• cwe-415
• review-ajb
• mem
• cwe-762
• cwe-404
• nptc-aliasing
• nptc-wpa

Time	Editor
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Update CodeSonar mapping info
Apr 20, 2023 04:45	Jill Britton	View Changes
May 19, 2022 10:57	Jon O'Donnell	View Changes
Apr 27, 2022 09:20	Jill Britton	View Changes
Dec 09, 2021 09:43	Jill Britton

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