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Bug #74357 lchown fails to change ownership of symlink with ZTS
Submitted: 2017-04-01 04:07 UTC Modified: 2021-09-10 14:40 UTC
From: msaladna at apisnetworks dot com Assigned:
Status: Verified Package: Filesystem function related
PHP Version: 7.4.23 OS: CentOS 7.3
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2017-04-01 04:07 UTC] msaladna at apisnetworks dot com 
Description:
------------
Compiling PHP with ZTS affects performance of lchown and lchgrp. 

PHP CLI compiled without ZTS:

./configure --disable-all

ZTS is above + '--enable-maintainer-zts'

Test script:
---------------
<?php
   echo "TS: ", PHP_ZTS, "\n";
   is_link("foo") && unlink("foo");
   symlink("/tmp", "foo");
   lchown("foo", 99);
   var_dump(lstat("foo")['uid']);
?>

Expected result:
----------------
TS: 1
int(99)

Actual result:
--------------
TS: 1
int(0)

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 [2021-09-09 12:20 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Feedback -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb
 [2021-09-09 12:20 UTC] cmb@php.net 
What is the output of the following script:

<?php
   echo "TS: ", PHP_ZTS, "\n";
   is_link("foo") && unlink("foo");
   symlink("/tmp", "foo");
   lchown("foo", 99);
   clearstatcache(true);
   var_dump(lstat("foo")['uid']);
?>

And please check with any of the actively supported PHP
versions[1]?

[1] <https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php>
 [2021-09-09 16:26 UTC] msaladna at apisnetworks dot com
-Status: Feedback +Status: Assigned -PHP Version: 7.1.3 +PHP Version: 7.4.23
 [2021-09-09 16:26 UTC] msaladna at apisnetworks dot com 
Problem still persists. Sample code amended for clarity:

<?php
   echo "TS: ", PHP_ZTS, " ", PHP_VERSION, "\n";
   echo posix_getuid(), ":", posix_geteuid(), "\n";
   is_link("foo") && unlink("foo");
   symlink("/tmp", "foo");
   lchown("foo", 99);
   clearstatcache(true);
   var_dump(lstat("foo")['uid']);
?>

This is on a CentOS 7/PHP 7.4 machine.

TS: 1 7.4.23
0:0
int(0)

And on a Rocky Linux (CentOS 8)/PHP 8 machine:

TS: 1 8.0.6
0:0
int(0)
 [2021-09-10 14:40 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Assigned +Status: Verified -Assigned To: cmb +Assigned To:
 [2021-09-10 14:40 UTC] cmb@php.net 
I can confirm the reported behavior (PHP-7.4).  It is apparently
not related to the realpath cache, since disabling the cache in
the first place doesn't make a difference.
 [2024-07-13 09:12 UTC] ewverb654 at gmail dot com 
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