Skip containing type accessibility check when resolving overridden members

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Assertion in MakeFinalIVTDetermination triggered when calling PropertySymbol.IsReadOnly on properties in types with type arguments from unrelated assemblies. The GetLeastOverriddenProperty method walks the override chain and checks accessibility of each overridden member, but incorrectly performed IsNamedTypeAccessible checks on containing types, attempting to verify type arguments that may be from assemblies outside the reference graph.

Changes

• AccessCheck.cs: Added skipContainingTypeCheck parameter to bypass IsNamedTypeAccessible check in IsMemberAccessible when checking overridden members
• PropertySymbol.cs: Pass skipContainingTypeCheck: true in GetLeastOverriddenProperty
• EventSymbol.cs: Pass skipContainingTypeCheck: true in GetLeastOverriddenEvent
• MethodSymbol.cs: Pass skipContainingTypeCheck: true in GetLeastOverriddenMethodCore
• PropertyTests.cs: Added C# test case reproducing the scenario
• PropertyTests.vb: Added VB test case reproducing the scenario

Example

// Assembly A
public class C0<T> { public virtual int P { get; set; } }
public class C1<T> : C0<T> { public override int P { get; set; } }

// Assembly B (references A)
internal class C2 { }
internal class C3 : C1<C2> { public override int P { get; set; } }

// Previously would assert when checking C3.P.IsReadOnly
// because C2 is from an unrelated assembly to C1<T>

When resolving the least overridden member, we only need to verify the member's accessibility, not whether the containing type's type arguments are accessible from the current context.

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<issue_title>Assertion failed: Unrelated assembly in MakeFinalIVTDetermination</issue_title>
<issue_description>Version Used:
675c2b9

Steps to Reproduce:

On an internal repo in VSCode, running from a local debug build at 675c2b9 with full solution analysis (compiler and analyzers) enabled, an assertion is thrown (below) and the server crashes (however sometimes it hits different assertions and crashes)

Dump - https://microsoft-my.sharepoint.com/:u:/p/dabarbet/IQAdpq7L947ERLD4fHEUdlg3AZf9VaJtyiDpSRjvMNvG2tg?e=ykQAa7 (internal only, macOS arm64 dump)

Expected Behavior:
No assertion

Actual Behavior:

2026-01-22 17:11:33.576 [error] [stderr] Process terminated.
Assertion failed.
We are performing a check for an unrelated assembly which likely indicates a bug.
   at Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Symbols.MetadataOrSourceOrRetargetingAssemblySymbol.MakeFinalIVTDetermination(AssemblySymbol potentialGiverOfAccess, Boolean assertUnexpectedGiver) in /Users/dabarbet/source/repos/roslyn/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Symbols/MetadataOrSourceOrRetargetingAssemblySymbol.cs:line 67
   at Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Symbols.Metadata.PE.PEAssemblySymbol.AreInternalsVisibleToThisAssembly(AssemblySymbol potentialGiverOfAccess) in /Users/dabarbet/source/repos/roslyn/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Symbols/Metadata/PE/PEAssemblySymbol.cs:line 249
   at Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.AccessCheck.HasInternalAccessTo(AssemblySymbol fromAssembly, AssemblySymbol toAssembly) in /Users/dabarbet/source/repos/roslyn/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Binder/Semantics/AccessCheck.cs:line 683
   at Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.AccessCheck.IsNonNestedTypeAccessible(AssemblySymbol assembly, Accessibility declaredAccessibility, Symbol within) in /Users/dabarbet/source/repos/roslyn/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Binder/Semantics/AccessCheck.cs:line 286
   at Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.AccessCheck.IsNamedTypeAccessible(NamedTypeSymbol type, Symbol within, CompoundUseSiteInfo`1& useSiteInfo, ConsList`1 basesBeingResolved) in /Users/dabarbet/source/repos/roslyn/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Binder/Semantics/AccessCheck.cs:line 247
   at Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.AccessCheck.IsSymbolAccessibleCore(Symbol symbol, Symbol within, TypeSymbol throughTypeOpt, Boolean& failedThroughTypeCheck, CSharpCompilation compilation, CompoundUseSiteInfo`1& useSiteInfo, ConsList`1 basesBeingResolved) in /Users/dabarbet/source/repos/roslyn/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Binder/Semantics/AccessCheck.cs:line 158
   at Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.AccessCheck.IsNamedTypeAccessible(NamedTypeSymbol type, Symbol within, CompoundUseSiteInfo`1& useSiteInfo, ConsList`1 basesBeingResolved) in /Users/dabarbet/source/repos/roslyn/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Binder/Semantics/AccessCheck.cs:line 239
   at Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.AccessCheck.IsMemberAccessible(NamedTypeSymbol containingType, Accessibility declaredAccessibility, Symbol within, TypeSymbol throughTypeOpt, Boolean& failedThroughTypeCheck, CSharpCompilation compilation, CompoundUseSiteInfo`1& useSiteInfo, ConsList`1 basesBeingResolved) in /Users/dabarbet/source/repos/roslyn/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Binder/Semantics/AccessCheck.cs:line 319
   at Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.AccessCheck.IsSymbolAccessibleCore(Symbol symbol, Symbol within, TypeSymbol throughTypeOpt, Boolean& failedThroughTypeCheck, CSharpCompilation compilation, CompoundUseSiteInfo`1& useSiteInfo, ConsList`1 basesBeingResolved) in /Users/dabarbet/source/repos/roslyn/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Binder/Semantics/AccessCheck.cs:line 212
   at Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.AccessCheck.IsSymbolAccessible(Symbol symbol, NamedTypeSymbol within, CompoundUseSiteInfo`1& useSiteInfo, TypeSymbol throughTypeOpt) in /Users/dabarbet/source/repos/roslyn/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Binder/Semantics/AccessCheck.cs:line 44
   at Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Symbols.PropertySymbol.GetLeastOverriddenProperty(NamedTypeSymbol accessingTypeOpt) in /Users/dabarbet/source/repos/roslyn/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Symbols/PropertySymbol.cs:line 292
   at Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Symbols.SymbolExtensions.GetLeastOverriddenMember(Symbol member, NamedTypeSymbol accessingTypeOpt) in /Users/dabarbet/source/repos/roslyn/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Symbols/MemberSymbolExtensions.cs:line 907
   at Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Symbols.PropertySymbol.get_IsReadOnly() in /Users/dabarbet/source/repos/roslyn/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Symbols/PropertySymbol.cs:line 169
   at Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Symbols.PublicModel.PropertySymbol.Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.IPropertySymbol.get_IsReadOnly() in /Users/dabarbet/source/repos/roslyn/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Symbols/PublicModel/PropertySymbol.cs:line 81
   at Microsoft.C...

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[AlekseyTs]

@copilot Please add a similar test for VB

[Copilot]

Added VB test in commit 1d31135. The test follows the same pattern as the C# version and verifies that checking PropertySymbol.IsReadOnly doesn't trigger an assertion when the containing type has type arguments from unrelated assemblies.

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The added test doesn't exhibit the problem