Merge pull request #22179 from jketema/jketema.new-free

jketema · web-flow · commit 2656b5d87d00 · 2026-07-13T16:25:58.000+02:00
C++: Update the CWE tag of `cpp/new-free-mismatch`
diff --git a/cpp/ql/src/Critical/NewFreeMismatch.ql b/cpp/ql/src/Critical/NewFreeMismatch.ql
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  * @id cpp/new-free-mismatch
  * @tags reliability
  *       security
- *       external/cwe/cwe-401
+ *       external/cwe/cwe-762
  */
 
 import NewDelete
diff --git a/cpp/ql/src/change-notes/2026-07-13-new-free.md b/cpp/ql/src/change-notes/2026-07-13-new-free.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+category: queryMetadata
+---
+* Added the tag `external/cwe/cwe-762` to `cpp/new-free-mismatch`, and removed the tag `external/cwe/cwe-401`. This better matches the behavior of the query.

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 +---
 +category: queryMetadata
 +---
 +* Added the tag `external/cwe/cwe-762` to `cpp/new-free-mismatch`, and removed the tag `external/cwe/cwe-401`. This better matches the behavior of the query.