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Bug #47714 autoloading classes inside exception_handler leads to crashes
Submitted: 2009-03-19 08:33 UTC Modified: 2009-03-26 10:57 UTC
Votes:2
Avg. Score:5.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:2 of 2 (100.0%)
Same Version:2 (100.0%)
Same OS:2 (100.0%)
From: crocodile2u at gmail dot com Assigned: dmitry (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5.3.0beta1 OS: Ubuntu 8.10
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2009-03-19 08:33 UTC] crocodile2u at gmail dot com
Description:
------------
When I use set_exception_handler() and attempt to create an instance of a class inside the handler (the class is not yet loaded and needs to be loaded with __autoload) - I get crashes.

The crash type depends on whether I use __autoload() or spl_autoload_register(). I the first case I get "Fatal error: Exception thrown without a stack frame in Unknown on line 0", while in the second I get "Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 72 bytes) in /home/vbolshov/tmp/x.php on line 21
Segmentation fault"

It must be noticed, that in case the class already had been loaded by the moment of the exception throw - there are no errors and everything is ok.

I am terribly sorry the the reproduce code is longer than 20 lines but it is really simple and I think it shows all the problems.

Reproduce code:
---------------
<?php

/*
Uncomment handler class declaration to get rid of crashes
*/

/*
class handler {
        function handle($e) {
                echo $e->getMessage()."\n";
        }
}
*/

function au($class) {
        eval('class handler {
                  function handle($e) {
                      echo $e->getMessage()."\n";
                  }
              }');
}

/*
Uncomment __autoload() and comment spl_autoload_register() call to switch between crash types
*/

/*
function __autoload($class) {
        au($class);
}
*/

spl_autoload_register('au');

set_exception_handler(function($exception) {
        $h = new handler();
        $h->handle($exception);
});

throw new Exception('exception');

Expected result:
----------------
exception

Actual result:
--------------
In case we use spl_autoload_register:
--
Fatal error: Exception thrown without a stack frame in Unknown on line 0
--

In case we use __autoload:
--
Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 72 bytes) in /home/vbolshov/tmp/x.php on line 21
Segmentation fault
--

Works ok when handler class declaration at the top is uncommented.

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 [2009-03-19 08:36 UTC] crocodile2u at gmail dot com
> The crash type depends on whether I use __autoload() or
> spl_autoload_register(). I the first case I get "Fatal error: 
> Exception
> thrown without a stack frame in Unknown on line 0", while in the 
> second
> I get "Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted
> (tried to allocate 72 bytes) in /home/vbolshov/tmp/x.php on line 21
> Segmentation fault"

I am sorry but the error messages are mixed up here. 

Correct is:
for __autoload() - "Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted
(tried to allocate 72 bytes) in /home/vbolshov/tmp/x.php on line 21
Segmentation fault"
for spl_autoload_register(): "Fatal error: Exception
thrown without a stack frame in Unknown on line 0"
 [2009-03-20 00:56 UTC] felipe@php.net
Please try using this CVS snapshot:

  http://snaps.php.net/php5.3-latest.tar.gz
 
For Windows:

  http://windows.php.net/snapshots/


 [2009-03-20 06:12 UTC] crocodile2u at gmail dot com
All the same with this snapshot. Both crashes remain.
 [2009-03-25 11:33 UTC] saschagros at gmail dot com
I can confirm this.

I am testing Drupal on PHP 5.3 and I am getting the same "Fatal error: Exception
thrown without a stack frame in Unknown on line 0" in our exception_handler test, because we creat a new object (to log exceptions) in the exception handler function.
 [2009-03-26 10:57 UTC] dmitry@php.net
This bug has been fixed in CVS.

Snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change
will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at
http://snaps.php.net/.
 
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