https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=106434
--- Comment #8 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> --- So initially iin.iter._M_current is indeed null, because unique.begin() returns _M_start (which is null) when the vector is empty: std::insert_iterator iin(unique, unique.begin()); But when the vector is empty, this condition is always false: if (this->_M_impl._M_finish != this->_M_impl._M_end_of_storage) if (__position == end()) It's impossible for _M_start to be null unless _M_finish and _M_end_of_storage are also null. After the first insertion into the vector all three of _M_start, _M_finish and _M_end_of_storage are non-null. But after the first insertion iin.iter._M_current is also non-null. So we need to add a hint so the compiler knows that the jump threaded "__position is null but finish != end_of_storage" case is nonsense. It's not _impossible_, because a dumb user could make it happen, but it violates the function precondition so is UB. i.e. this would take that code path: std::vector<int> v{1,2,3}; // non-empty vector std::vector<int>::const_iterator null; v.insert(null, 1); // try to insert at invalid position But that's UB. This seems to work (the __glibcxx_assert isn't needed to stop the warning, but might be a useful assertion). --- a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/vector.tcc +++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/vector.tcc @@ -137,8 +137,14 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_CONTAINER insert(iterator __position, const value_type& __x) #endif { + __glibcxx_assert(capacity() == 0 || __position != const_iterator()); + const size_type __n = __position - begin(); if (this->_M_impl._M_finish != this->_M_impl._M_end_of_storage) + { + if (__position == const_iterator()) + __builtin_unreachable(); + if (__position == end()) { _GLIBCXX_ASAN_ANNOTATE_GROW(1); @@ -159,6 +165,7 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_CONTAINER _M_insert_aux(__position, __x); #endif } + } else #if __cplusplus >= 201103L _M_realloc_insert(begin() + (__position - cbegin()), __x);