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Bug #37397 Win32 PHP crash
Submitted: 2006-05-10 12:25 UTC Modified: 2006-05-12 09:37 UTC
From: alex at onix-systems dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: PCRE related
PHP Version: 5.1.4 OS: WinXP
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2006-05-10 12:25 UTC] alex at onix-systems dot com 
Description:
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Can be reproduced on Win32. Works fine under Linux.
Appieared in PHP-5.1.3 ans still exists in PHP-5.1.4

The following code results stack overflow and PHP crash.
Code works fine if $a < 1560

Reproduce code:
---------------
<?
$value = "";
for( $a=0; $a < 1561; $a++ ) {
	$value .= "t";
}
$res = preg_split(
'/(?:(?:(?:(?<!\\\\)(?:[\\\\](?:[\\\\]{2})*))+[\$])|[^\$])*/', $value
);
?>

Expected result:
----------------
nothing in this example

Actual result:
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PHP crash

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 [2006-05-10 12:42 UTC] derick@php.net 
Please try using this CVS snapshot:

  http://snaps.php.net/php5.2-latest.tar.gz
 
For Windows:
 
  http://snaps.php.net/win32/php5.2-win32-latest.zip
 [2006-05-10 13:04 UTC] alex at onix-systems dot com 
It crashes as well.
 [2006-05-11 20:41 UTC] edink@php.net 
Using nested quantifiers will use up all available stack, there is nothing we can do about this.
 [2006-05-12 08:58 UTC] alex at onix-systems dot com 
This is very strange explanation. I would believe in it but this worked fine in previous versions of PHP (5.1.2 and lower) and also works fine under Linux even in new versions. There is definitely some issue in Win32 build. Don't you think so?
 [2006-05-12 09:07 UTC] tony2001@php.net 
It was very clear explanation and we have nothing to add.
Overfilling the stack won't work with any version.
 [2006-05-12 09:28 UTC] alex at onix-systems dot com 
Sorry that bother you again but what do you mean by "won't work with any version"? As I already stated this PHP script works in PHP version 5.1.2 (Win32 and Linux) and also works in PHP 5.1.4 under Linux. So this is correct regular expression that worked before but does not work now.
 [2006-05-12 09:37 UTC] tony2001@php.net 
What exactly is not clear? You're smashing the stack.
It may or may not work for you depending on the stack size and other conditions.
 
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