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MAAZIZ Adel Ayoub
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core: fix use-after-scope when Mat::mul() is given a scalar #29447 ### Summary `cv::Mat::mul()` called with a scalar returns a `MatExpr` that reads a dead stack slot when it is evaluated. In a normal (non-instrumented) build this produces silently wrong values as soon as the slot is reused: ```cpp static cv::MatExpr makeExpr(const cv::Mat& m) { return m.mul(7); // 7.0 is a temporary double in THIS frame } cv::Mat matrix(2, 3, CV_32FC1, cv::Scalar(3.0f)); cv::MatExpr expr = makeExpr(matrix); // ... any further calls reuse the dead frame ... cv::Mat result = expr; // observed: all 0, expected: all 21 ``` Under AddressSanitizer this is the `stack-use-after-scope` reported in #23577, with the same stack trace (`cvt64s` -> `convertAndUnrollScalar` -> `arithm_op` -> `multiply` -> `MatOp_Bin::assign`). Storing the expression is the documented lazy-evaluation usage of `MatExpr`; the argument is ordinary supported API usage (`mat.hpp` itself shows `Mat C = A.mul(5/B);`). ### Root cause A scalar argument binds to `_InputArray(const double& val)`, which records the **address** of the temporary with kind `MATX`: ```cpp inline _InputArray::_InputArray(const double& val) { init(FIXED_TYPE + FIXED_SIZE + MATX + CV_64F + ACCESS_READ, &val, Size(1,1)); } ``` `Mat::mul()` then parks `m.getMat()` inside the returned `MatExpr`. For `MATX` kind, `getMat_()` returns a non-owning, non-refcounted header over that stack memory (`return Mat(sz, flags, obj);`). The temporary dies at the end of the full expression, but the `MatExpr` keeps the header, and `MatOp_Bin::assign()` later feeds it to `cv::multiply()`. `Matx`/`Vec` arguments take the same path. `Mat::mul()` is the only `MatExpr` factory in `matrix_expressions.cpp` that takes an `InputArray`; every other scalar operand there is stored by value in the `Scalar` member (`e.s`), so no other expression path can capture a stack pointer this way. ### Fix Snapshot the operand with `clone()` unless it is a `Mat`/`UMat`, which keep the current zero-copy behaviour: their headers are refcounted and already safe to defer. Any other `InputArray` kind (a scalar, `Matx`, `Vec`, `std::vector`, an evaluated expression) is a potentially non-owning view, so it is copied once at expression construction, off any hot path. ### Test Adds `Core_MatExpr.mul_scalar_use_after_scope_23577` to `modules/core/test/test_operations.cpp`. It builds the expression in a helper frame and overwrites the stack before evaluating; the helpers are called through volatile function pointers so they cannot be inlined, which makes the stale read deterministic. The test fails before the fix (result is all 0 instead of all 21) and passes after. It is self-contained: no opencv_extra data is needed. Verified locally on macOS/AArch64 (Apple clang 17, Release): full `opencv_test_core` passes, and the AddressSanitizer reproducer from the issue is clean after the fix. Fixes #23577. ### Pull Request Readiness Checklist See details at https://github.com/opencv/opencv/wiki/How_to_contribute#making-a-good-pull-request - [x] I agree to contribute to the project under Apache 2 License. - [x] To the best of my knowledge, the proposed patch is not based on a code under GPL or another license that is incompatible with OpenCV - [x] The PR is proposed to the proper branch - [x] There is a reference to the original bug report and related work - [x] There is accuracy test, performance test and test data in opencv_extra repository, if applicable Self-contained accuracy regression test in `modules/core/test/test_operations.cpp`; no opencv_extra data required. No performance test: no existing perf test covers `Mat::mul` expression construction, and the copy happens once at expression construction, only for non-`Mat`/`UMat` operands. - [ ] The feature is well documented and sample code can be built with the project CMake N/A - bug fix, no new API.
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