[Threads-devel] Occasional exception (stack buffer overrun) reported from create_once_mutex

Subject: [Threads-devel] Occasional exception (stack buffer overrun) reported from create_once_mutex
From: Dave Vest (davevest_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-06-17 11:29:17

We've received a couple of error reports from our customers (and via Windows
Error Reporting) where it appears that there is a buffer overflow in the
boost::detail::create_once_mutex function. The exception
0xc0000409=STATUS_STACK_BUFFER_OVERRUN appears to be thrown at the
__security_check_cookie check in the function epilogue. 

 

An example of the error on an XP machine says "Application Error. The
exception unknown software exception (0xc0000409) occurred in the
application at location 0x004770b3". The application was compiled with Boost
1.36.

 

I should say that it is very rare, I haven't been able to reproduce it, and
can't see any problems with the create_once_mutex function myself (apart
from the fact that the int_to_string function doesn't check buffer lengths).
It just seems odd that the exception of the address (different builds
produce different addresses) always points to the same place.

 

Regards,

Dave.