Bug: free(): invalid next size (fast) on std::exit with report sink

[gg-yb]

Bug Information:

Introduced in commit 908368f

Confirmed to be present in develop as of 9d863d0

Steps to reproduce:

Use the following main.cpp:

#define BOOST_TEST_MODULE Tests
#define BOOST_TEST_NO_MAIN 1
#define BOOST_TEST_ALTERNATIVE_INIT_API 1

#include <boost/test/included/unit_test.hpp>

int main( int argc, char** argv )
{
    boost::unit_test::unit_test_main( init_unit_test, argc, argv );
}

BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( SpuriousDoubleFree )
{
    std::exit( 0 );
}

Compile with g++ -O0 -g3 -std=c++14 -o test ./main.cpp

Run with ./test --report_sink=/dev/null

Sample output:

$ ./test --report_sink=/dev/null
Running 1 test case...
free(): invalid next size (fast)
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Rationale why this behavior is not expected:

Consider a module which checks some invariants not in the control of the test (e.g. network) and exits if those invariants can not be established. In this case, the test binary should not segfault. Abnormal program termination (which doesn't cause this behavior, as exit handlers are not called) is not an option in every scenario, e.g. consider a shell utility which depends on differentiated return codes.

Environment:

$ g++ --version
g++ (Ubuntu 7.5.0-3ubuntu1~18.04) 7.5.0
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