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Bug #80602 Segfault when using DOMChildNode::before()
Submitted: 2021-01-06 20:34 UTC Modified: 2022-06-14 17:06 UTC
From: jules dot bernable at gmail dot com Assigned: beberlei (profile)
Status: Closed Package: DOM XML related
PHP Version: 8.0.0 OS: debian
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2021-01-06 20:34 UTC] jules dot bernable at gmail dot com 
Description:
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When calling DOMChildNode::before() on an element, if one of the parameters is a text node that is the previous sibling of that element, the program segfaults.

Test script:
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<?php declare(strict_types=1);

$doc = new \DOMDocument();
$doc->loadXML('<a>foo<last/></a>');
$target = $doc->documentElement->lastChild;
$target->before('bar', $doc->documentElement->firstChild, 'baz');
echo $doc->saveXML($doc->documentElement);


Expected result:
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<a>barfoobaz<last/></a>

Actual result:
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free(): double free detected in tcache 2
Aborted

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 [2021-01-06 20:45 UTC] nikic@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Verified
 [2021-01-18 16:05 UTC] nikic@php.net
-Assigned To: +Assigned To: beberlei
 [2021-01-18 16:05 UTC] nikic@php.net 
I believe this happens because https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/d340be0d3246542c1ae34d632f36510fb1792852/ext/dom/parentnode.c#L184 can free "newNode" according to libxml docs:

> Add a new node to @parent, at the end of the child (or property) list merging adjacent TEXT nodes (in which case @cur is freed)

This seems like rather peculiar behavior, guess that it's necessary to handle text nodes in some other way that does not end up destroying them?
 [2021-01-18 16:14 UTC] beberlei@php.net 
Confirmed, will take a look asap.
 [2021-02-01 22:25 UTC] beberlei@php.net 
Confusingly, it segfaults with $target->before('bar', $doc->documentElement->firstChild, 'baz');

but it works with $target->before($doc->documentElement->firstChild, 'baz'); or even $target->before($doc->documentElement->firstChild);
 [2022-06-14 17:06 UTC] cmb@php.net 
The following pull request has been associated:

Patch Name: Fix bug #80602
On GitHub:  https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/8729
Patch:      https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/8729.patch
 [2023-01-25 03:27 UTC] kertzmann8 at gmail dot com 
I’ve especially stayed aware of the article and I will get many benefits from it.
 [2023-03-30 19:02 UTC] git@php.net 
Automatic comment on behalf of NathanFreeman (author) and nielsdos (committer)
Revision: https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/2d6decc14c977159b90e9dcfa0c562c01794c12a
Log: Fix bug #80602: Segfault when using DOMChildNode::before()
 [2023-03-30 19:02 UTC] git@php.net
-Status: Verified +Status: Closed
 
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