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Doc Bug #75807 deflate_init fails with window bits set to 8
Submitted: 2018-01-12 02:09 UTC Modified: 2020-11-20 11:19 UTC
From: matt at bonneau dot net Assigned: cmb (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Zlib related
PHP Version: master-Git-2018-01-12 (Git) OS:
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 [2018-01-12 02:09 UTC] matt at bonneau dot net 
Description:
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Newer versions of zlib reject an 8 bit window. Minimum value should be changed to 9 instead of 8. This failure was noticed with zlib 1.2.8.

Test script:
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<?php
deflate_init(
    ZLIB_ENCODING_RAW,
    [
        'window'   => 8,
    ]
);

Expected result:
----------------
Expect no output.

Actual result:
--------------
Warning: deflate_init(): failed allocating zlib.deflate context in test3.php on line 5

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 [2018-01-12 02:22 UTC] matt at bonneau dot net 
Output should actually be:
Warning: deflate_init(): zlib window size (logarithm) (8) must be within 9..15
 [2018-01-12 02:25 UTC] matt at bonneau dot net 
See: https://github.com/madler/zlib/commit/049578f0a1849f502834167e233f4c1d52ddcbcc

"There is a bug in deflate for windowBits == 8 (256-byte window).
As a result, zlib silently changes a request for 8 to a request
for 9 (512-byte window), and sets the zlib header accordingly so
that the decompressor knows to use a 512-byte window. However if
deflateInit2() is used for raw deflate or gzip streams, then there
is no indication that the request was not honored, and the
application might assume that it can use a 256-byte window when
decompressing. This commit returns an error if the user requests
a 256-byte window when using raw deflate or gzip encoding."
 [2020-11-20 11:18 UTC] phpdocbot@php.net 
Automatic comment on behalf of cmb
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=doc/en.git;a=commit;h=5c818901d4f95ed211ecb3d476472cec1c739979
Log: Fix #78527: zlib deflate bug with windowBits == 8 Fix #75807: deflate_init fails with window bits set to 8
 [2020-11-20 11:18 UTC] phpdocbot@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Closed
 [2020-11-20 11:18 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Closed +Status: Open -Type: Bug +Type: Documentation Problem -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb
 [2020-11-20 11:18 UTC] cmb@php.net 
This is more of a documentation issue; at least window size 8 is
still supported for ZLIB_ENCODING_DEFLATE.
 [2020-11-20 11:19 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Assigned +Status: Closed
 [2020-11-20 20:10 UTC] phpdocbot@php.net 
Automatic comment on behalf of mumumu
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=doc/ja.git;a=commit;h=c877fdbb2a207480e1cafa8f915d32c4cd9e7b6f
Log: Fix #78527: zlib deflate bug with windowBits == 8 Fix #75807: deflate_init fails with window bits set to 8
 [2020-12-30 11:58 UTC] nikic@php.net 
Automatic comment on behalf of mumumu
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=doc/ja.git;a=commit;h=e5838751cf7145874e9eccff69ad29855af2af20
Log: Fix #78527: zlib deflate bug with windowBits == 8 Fix #75807: deflate_init fails with window bits set to 8
 
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