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Bug #75649 fgets second parameter causes memory leak
Submitted: 2017-12-07 17:46 UTC Modified: 2021-03-28 04:22 UTC
Votes:2
Avg. Score:3.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:1 of 1 (100.0%)
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From: zoolyka at gmail dot com Assigned: cmb (profile)
Status: No Feedback Package: Filesystem function related
PHP Version: 5.6.32 OS: ubuntu
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2017-12-07 17:46 UTC] zoolyka at gmail dot com
Description:
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If I specify a larger number then 8192 for fgets's length then PHP process starts to eat memory.

Test script:
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<?php

$handle = fopen('multi_gb_file', 'r');
while (
  ! feof($handle)
) {
  $buffer = fgets($handle, 10485760);
}
fclose($handle);

?>

Expected result:
----------------
If length is much more then 8192 and the opened file is really huge then memory usage will rise up to the size of the readed file's size.


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 [2021-03-16 12:03 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Feedback -Package: *General Issues +Package: Filesystem function related -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb
 [2021-03-16 12:03 UTC] cmb@php.net
I cannot reproduce this with PHP-7.4.  Is this still an issue for
you with any of the actively supported PHP versions[1]?

[1] <https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php>
 [2021-03-28 04:22 UTC] php-bugs at lists dot php dot net
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