https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=97415
Bug ID: 97415 Summary: Invalid pointer comparison in stringbuf::str() (reported by pointer-compare AddressSanitizer) Product: gcc Version: 10.2.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: libstdc++ Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: chfast at gmail dot com Target Milestone: --- When my application is instrumented with -fsanitize=address,pointer-compare and running under ASAN_OPTIONS=detect_invalid_pointer_pairs=2, I get for following failure in basic_stringbuf::str() ==3879==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: invalid-pointer-pair: 0x7ffcdf273b66 0x000000000000 #0 0x5597a6c6d786 in std::__cxx11::basic_stringbuf<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::str() const /usr/include/c++/10/sstream:184 #1 0x5597a6c6d786 in std::__cxx11::basic_ostringstream<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::str() const /usr/include/c++/10/sstream:678 #2 0x5597a6c6d786 in std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >& std::__detail::operator<< <char, std::char_traits<char>, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&>(std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >&, std::__detail::_Quoted_string<std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, char> const&) /usr/include/c++/10/bits/quoted_string.h:130 #3 0x5597a6c6d786 in std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >& std::filesystem::__cxx11::operator<< <char, std::char_traits<char> >(std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >&, std::filesystem::__cxx11::path const&) /usr/include/c++/10/bits/fs_path.h:441 #4 0x5597a6c6d786 in log_total /home/builder/project/test/spectests/spectests.cpp:675 #5 0x5597a6c48939 in run_tests_from_dir /home/builder/project/test/spectests/spectests.cpp:708 #6 0x5597a6c48939 in main /home/builder/project/test/spectests/spectests.cpp:750 Here is the implementation of basic_stringbuf::str() used for compilation: __string_type str() const { __string_type __ret(_M_string.get_allocator()); if (this->pptr()) { // The current egptr() may not be the actual string end. if (this->pptr() > this->egptr()) __ret.assign(this->pbase(), this->pptr()); else __ret.assign(this->pbase(), this->egptr()); } else __ret = _M_string; return __ret; } In the line `if (this->pptr() > this->egptr())`, the `this->egptr()` may be nullptr and therefore AddressSanitizer complains about this comparison. I don't have handy repro code for the issue, but I can try to build one if desired. GCC version: cpp (Debian 10.2.0-15) 10.2.0