Empty Base Class or Structure Assignment Operator May Corrupt Data (322127)

RESOLUTION

A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 service pack that contains this hotfix.

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   Date         Time   Version         Size       File name
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   14-May-2002  10:40  12.0.9586.0     1,224,755  C1xx.dll
				

#include <stdio.h>

class CEmpty
{
public:
	CEmpty() throw()
	{
	}
	CEmpty( const CEmpty& ) throw()
	{
	}
	~CEmpty() throw()
	{
	}

	CEmpty get() const throw()
	{
		return( *this );
	}
};

class CDerived :
	public CEmpty  // Empty base class 
{
public:
	int m_n;
	CDerived& operator=( const CDerived& src ) throw()
	{
		m_n = src.m_n;
                // Overwrites low byte of m_n.
		CEmpty::operator=( src.get() ); 
		return( *this );
	}	
};

int main( int, char** )
{
	CDerived a;
	a.m_n = 0x01020304;
	CDerived b;
	b = a;
	printf( "0x%08x\n", b.m_n );
	return( 0 );
}