[clang] use-after-scope through fields (PR #191865)

Utkarsh Saxena via cfe-commits cfe-commits at lists.llvm.org
Thu Apr 16 00:55:36 PDT 2026


https://github.com/usx95 updated https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/191865

>From 957197623e0d2fc62c06183ea090ebd1459d4d71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Utkarsh Saxena <usx at google.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:13:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] use-after-scope through fields

---
 .../LifetimeSafety/FactsGenerator.cpp         |  1 +
 clang/lib/Analysis/LifetimeSafety/Origins.cpp |  2 +-
 .../warn-lifetime-safety-dangling-field.cpp   | 24 +++++++++----------
 clang/test/Sema/warn-lifetime-safety.cpp      |  9 +++----
 4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/clang/lib/Analysis/LifetimeSafety/FactsGenerator.cpp b/clang/lib/Analysis/LifetimeSafety/FactsGenerator.cpp
index 5adf842e5f6d0..55d1961ff8e7f 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Analysis/LifetimeSafety/FactsGenerator.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Analysis/LifetimeSafety/FactsGenerator.cpp
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ void FactsGenerator::VisitMemberExpr(const MemberExpr *ME) {
     assert(Dst && "Field member should have an origin list as it is GL value");
     OriginList *Src = getOriginsList(*ME->getBase());
     assert(Src && "Base expression should be a pointer/reference type");
+    handleUse(ME);
     // The field's glvalue (outermost origin) holds the same loans as the base
     // expression.
     CurrentBlockFacts.push_back(FactMgr.createFact<OriginFlowFact>(
diff --git a/clang/lib/Analysis/LifetimeSafety/Origins.cpp b/clang/lib/Analysis/LifetimeSafety/Origins.cpp
index 033cbdd75352c..505ae5146d5ba 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Analysis/LifetimeSafety/Origins.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Analysis/LifetimeSafety/Origins.cpp
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ OriginList *OriginManager::getOrCreateList(const Expr *E) {
     ReferencedDecl = DRE->getDecl();
   else if (auto *ME = dyn_cast<MemberExpr>(E))
     if (auto *Field = dyn_cast<FieldDecl>(ME->getMemberDecl());
-        Field && isa<CXXThisExpr>(ME->getBase()->IgnoreParenImpCasts()))
+        Field && isa<CXXThisExpr>(ME->getBase()->IgnoreImpCasts()))
       ReferencedDecl = Field;
   if (ReferencedDecl) {
     OriginList *Head = nullptr;
diff --git a/clang/test/Sema/warn-lifetime-safety-dangling-field.cpp b/clang/test/Sema/warn-lifetime-safety-dangling-field.cpp
index 2afcd4a3dd97b..cecb0f795518f 100644
--- a/clang/test/Sema/warn-lifetime-safety-dangling-field.cpp
+++ b/clang/test/Sema/warn-lifetime-safety-dangling-field.cpp
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ struct CtorPointerField {
 };
 
 struct MemberSetters {
-  std::string_view view;  // expected-note 6 {{this field dangles}}
-  const char* p;          // expected-note 6 {{this field dangles}}
+  std::string_view view;  // expected-note 5 {{this field dangles}}
+  const char* p;          // expected-note 5 {{this field dangles}}
 
   void setWithParam(std::string s) {
     view = s;     // expected-warning {{address of stack memory escapes to a field}}
@@ -140,21 +140,21 @@ struct MemberSetters {
   void use_after_scope() {
     {
       std::string local;
-      view = local;     // expected-warning {{address of stack memory escapes to a field}}
-      p = local.data(); // expected-warning {{address of stack memory escapes to a field}}
-    }
-    (void)view;
-    (void)p;
+      view = local;     // expected-warning {{object whose reference is captured does not live long enough}}
+      p = local.data(); // expected-warning {{object whose reference is captured does not live long enough}}
+    } // expected-note 2 {{destroyed here}}
+    (void)view; // expected-note {{later used here}}
+    (void)p;    // expected-note {{later used here}}
   }
 
   void use_after_scope_saved_after_reassignment() {
     {
       std::string local;
-      view = local;
-      p = local.data();
-    }
-    (void)view;
-    (void)p;
+      view = local;     // expected-warning {{object whose reference is captured does not live long enough}}
+      p = local.data(); // expected-warning {{object whose reference is captured does not live long enough}}
+    } // expected-note 2 {{destroyed here}}
+    (void)view; // expected-note {{later used here}}
+    (void)p;    // expected-note {{later used here}}
 
     view = kGlobal;
     p = kGlobal.data();
diff --git a/clang/test/Sema/warn-lifetime-safety.cpp b/clang/test/Sema/warn-lifetime-safety.cpp
index 082db5d5cbf15..68af1d4451f68 100644
--- a/clang/test/Sema/warn-lifetime-safety.cpp
+++ b/clang/test/Sema/warn-lifetime-safety.cpp
@@ -2634,15 +2634,16 @@ struct Holder {
 } // namespace CXXDefaultInitExprTests
 
 namespace base_class_fields {
-struct X { int* x; }; // expected-note {{this field dangles}}
+struct X { int* x; };
 struct Y : X {
   int* y;
   void bar() {
     {
       int a;
-      x = &a; // expected-warning {{address of stack memory escapes to a field}}
-    }
-    (void)x;
+      x = &a; // expected-warning {{object whose reference is captured does not live long enough}}
+    } // expected-note {{destroyed here}}
+    (void)x; // expected-note {{later used here}}
+    x = nullptr;
   }
 };
 } // namespace base_class_fields



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