[Bug libstdc++/64632] runtime error: member call on address 0x0000004318a8 which does not point to an object of type 'ios_base'

[redi at gcc dot gnu.org]

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=64632

--- Comment #2 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
This just does the same std::ios_base::_M_streambuf_state member directly
rather than through the basic_ios<char>::rdstate() member function (compile
with -fno-access-control)

#include <fstream>

int main()
{
  std::ofstream f;
  std::ios_base& base = f;
  return base._M_streambuf_state;
}

ub.cc:6:15: runtime error: member access within address 0x7fff3d4e47e8 which
does not point to an object of type 'ios_base'
0x7fff3d4e46f0: note: object is base class subobject at offset 248 within
object of type 'std::basic_ofstream<char, std::char_traits<char> >'
 00 00 00 00  f8 c2 37 36 c2 7f 00 00  40 c1 37 36 c2 7f 00 00  00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00  00 00 00 00
              ^ 

I don't see how this can possibly go wrong ... it just accesses a member of a
base class.  It makes no difference if you don't use the reference to base:

  std::ofstream f;
  return f._M_streambuf_state;

Or use a pointer instead of reference:

  std::ofstream f;
  std::ios_base* base = &f;
  return base->_M_streambuf_state;

I don't think this is a libstdc++ issue.