[PATCH v3] libstdc++: Fix SIGSEGV in std::print with a setvbuf'd FILE

Tomasz Kamiński tkaminsk@redhat.com
Mon Aug 17 07:58:35 GMT 2026


From: Anlai Lu <agicy@qq.com>

_File_sink::_M_write_buf() returns a span with a null data pointer when
the FILE buffer was pre-allocated by setvbuf but never written (glibc
keeps _IO_write_ptr as nullptr until the first write). The empty() check
in the constructor then fails to force buffer initialization and the format
engine memcpys into nullptr.

Calls __overflow when _IO_write_ptr is null in _File_sink constructor.

libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog:

	* include/bits/print.h (_File_sink::_File::_File)
	[_GLIBCXX_USE_STDIO_LOCKING && _GLIBCXX_USE_GLIBC_STDIO_EXT]:
	Move __overflow call to separte member function.
	(_File_sink::_File::_M_init_write_buf)
	[_GLIBCXX_USE_STDIO_LOCKING && _GLIBCXX_USE_GLIBC_STDIO_EXT]:
	Extracted from constructor, call __overflow for null
	_M_file->_IO_write_ptr.
	(_File_sink::_File_sink)
	[_GLIBCXX_USE_STDIO_LOCKING && _GLIBCXX_USE_GLIBC_STDIO_EXT]:
	Call _M_init_write_buf instead of _M_writebuf.
	* testsuite/27_io/print/1.cc: Add test_print_setvbuf.

Co-authored-by: Tomasz Kamiński <tkaminsk@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Anlai Lu <agicy@qq.com>
Signed-off-by: Tomasz Kamiński <tkaminsk@redhat.com>
---
v3 introduced _M_init_write_buf that I suggested on review.

Tested on x86_64-linux. OK for trunk and 16?

 libstdc++-v3/include/bits/print.h       | 28 ++++++++++++++++---------
 libstdc++-v3/testsuite/27_io/print/1.cc | 17 +++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/print.h b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/print.h
index 20724844726..d63267c8ecf 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/print.h
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/print.h
@@ -80,20 +80,28 @@ namespace __format
 	    ::funlockfile(__f);
 	    __throw_system_error(EACCES);
 	  }
-	// Allocate buffer if needed:
-	if (_M_write_buf().empty())
-	  if (::__overflow(__f, EOF) == EOF)
-	    {
-	      const int __err = errno;
-	      ::funlockfile(__f);
-	      __throw_system_error(__err);
-	    }
       }
 
       ~_File() { ::funlockfile(_M_file); }
 
       _File(_File&&) = delete;
 
+      // Allocate FILE's output buffer if needed, and returns span
+      // viewing unused portion of it.
+      std::span<char>
+      _M_init_write_buf()
+      {
+        // After setvbuf glibc pre-allocates the buffer but _IO_write_ptr
+	// remains null until the first write.
+	if (!_M_file->_IO_write_ptr || _M_write_buf().empty())
+	  if (::__overflow(_M_file, EOF) == EOF)
+	    {
+	      const int __err = errno;
+	      __throw_system_error(__err);
+	    }
+	return _M_write_buf();
+      }
+
       // A span viewing the unused portion of the stream's output buffer.
       std::span<char>
       _M_write_buf() noexcept
@@ -158,8 +166,8 @@ namespace __format
     : _M_file(__f), _M_add_newline(__add_newline)
     {
       if (!_M_file._M_unbuffered())
-	// Write directly to the FILE's output buffer.
-	this->_M_reset(_M_file._M_write_buf());
+	// Allocate FILE's output buffer if needed, and write directly to it.
+	this->_M_reset(_M_file._M_init_write_buf());
     }
 
     // This calls I/O functions which are cancellation points, so they
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/27_io/print/1.cc b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/27_io/print/1.cc
index 4fd7f5dc925..641a97c1f9c 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/27_io/print/1.cc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/27_io/print/1.cc
@@ -67,6 +67,22 @@ test_print_raw()
   VERIFY( txt == "\xa3" );
 }
 
+void
+test_print_setvbuf()
+{
+  __gnu_test::scoped_file f;
+  FILE* strm = std::fopen(f.path.string().c_str(), "w");
+  VERIFY( strm );
+  VERIFY( std::setvbuf(strm, nullptr, _IOFBF, 4096) == 0 );
+  std::string str{"Hello, World!"};
+  std::print(strm, "{}", str);
+  std::fclose(strm);
+
+  std::ifstream in(f.path);
+  std::string txt(std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(in), {});
+  VERIFY( txt == "Hello, World!" );
+}
+
 void
 test_vprint_nonunicode()
 {
@@ -142,6 +158,7 @@ int main()
   test_print_file();
   test_println_file();
   test_print_raw();
+  test_print_setvbuf();
   test_vprint_nonunicode();
 #ifdef __cpp_exceptions
   test_errors();
-- 
2.55.0



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