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build: annotate functions returning error codes to ensure they are checked

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Mike Tolkachev

74/100 · Adequate
build: annotate functions returning error codes to ensure they are checked
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit is a preventive build-hardening change. It adds compiler annotations (WARN_UNUSED_RESULT) to many functions that return success/failure codes, so the compiler will warn if a caller ignores the result. The goal is to catch future bugs where an error return is silently dropped, but the commit itself does not fix any specific known bug or change runtime behavior.

Recommended action

Treat as routine hardening. After merging, enable -Werror or equivalent so that newly introduced unchecked returns become build failures, then audit any existing warnings that this annotation surfaces. No immediate incident response is warranted.

Security signals we found

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Compiler annotation added to enforce checking of error-returning functions

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No specific vulnerability fixed in the diff

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No functional code changes or call-site fixes included

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Hardening pattern commonly used to prevent ignored-failure bugs

Risk score

Why this scored 36/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 8/30
Exploitability 5/25
Stealth signal 6/15
Affected reach 7/15
Confidence 7/10
Evidence quality 3/5
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