Description
What version of protobuf and what language are you using?
Version: v3.14.0, master
Language: C++
What operating system (Linux, Windows, ...) and version?
Windows
What runtime / compiler are you using (e.g., python version or gcc version)
MSVC 14.27.29110
Platform Toolset v142 (Visual Studio 2019)
Debug Runtime
What did you do?
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
#include "addressbook.pb.h"
int main() {
::google::protobuf::ShutdownProtobufLibrary();
}
with addressbook.proto (it really doesn't matter at all):
syntax = "proto3";
package tutorial;
message AddressBook {
string name = 1;
}
What did you expect to see
No exception when execution ShutdownProtobufLibrary(). The program should just run-through without any issues.
What did you see instead?
The program throws an exception when run in Debug mode on executing ShutdownProtobufLibrary().
It is caused by attempting to destruct a broken std::string stored ::google::protobuf::internal::fixed_address_empty_string.value.
The reason is that the implementation relies on a static initialization of that variable. The variable fixed_address_empty_string is default constructed to dummy (here
protobuf/src/google/protobuf/message_lite.h
Line 158 in bd9a710
However, as the initialization of static global variables is undefined across translation units in C++, it is possible that
InitProtobufDefaultsImpl() (
) is called before the initialization of the fixed_address_empty_string (
). This causes the allocated std::string value to get broken, as the dummy value gets initialized "over" the existing std::string object.
This happens, for example when including a generated protobuf header file as a call to AddDescriptors() is forced there to happen during dynamic initialization time.
The actual exception is thrown by the MSCV STL on destruction as the std::string is now malformed.
Anything else we should know about your project / environment