Chapter 4. Integers (INT)

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Risk Assessment Summary

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Image INT30-C. Ensure that unsigned integer operations do not wrap

The C Standard, 6.2.5, paragraph 9 [ISO/IEC 9899:2011], states:

A computation involving unsigned operands can never overflow, because a result that cannot be represented by the resulting unsigned integer type is reduced modulo the number that is one greater than the largest value that can be represented by the resulting ...

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