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Bug #69741 preg_replace memory fail
Submitted: 2015-06-01 16:18 UTC Modified: 2015-06-14 04:22 UTC
Votes:1
Avg. Score:4.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:1 of 1 (100.0%)
Same Version:1 (100.0%)
Same OS:1 (100.0%)
From: informatica at ortopediaplus dot com Assigned:
Status: No Feedback Package: PCRE related
PHP Version: 5.6.9 OS: Linux 2.6.32-504.8.1.el6.x86_64
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2015-06-01 16:18 UTC] informatica at ortopediaplus dot com 
Description:
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Segmentation fault use preg_replace

Test script:
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$pattern = "/<!--TAG_INI-->(.|\n)*?<!--TAG_END-->/";

There are 100000 characters between <!--TAG_INI--> and <!--TAG_END--> in $content


$content = preg_replace($pattern, 'foo', $content);


SEGMENTATION FAULT!!!

Expected result:
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Replace all text between <!--TAG_INI--> and <!--TAG_END--> to 'foo'

Actual result:
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SEGMENTATION FAULT.

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 [2015-06-01 19:52 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Feedback -Package: *Regular Expressions +Package: PCRE related
 [2015-06-01 19:52 UTC] requinix@php.net 
What are your pcre.* INI settings? And are you absolutely sure the string does contain "<!--TAG_END-->"?
 [2015-06-02 08:18 UTC] informatica at ortopediaplus dot com
-Status: Feedback +Status: Open
 [2015-06-02 08:18 UTC] informatica at ortopediaplus dot com 
With memory fail hasn't pcre.backtrack_limit and pcre.recursion_limit.

If I use pcre.backtrack_limit or pcre.recursion_limit with any value (1, 100, 1000, 10000), then preg_replace return NULL if match or return $content if not match.

I'm absolutely sure with the string "<!--TAG_END-->".
 [2015-06-04 01:48 UTC] cmb@php.net 
See <http://3v4l.org/ICria>. The segfault occurs for PHP 4 and 5,
but has been resolved in current master (the upcoming PHP 7).

However, I wonder why you don't use the following pattern:

  "/<!--TAG_INI-->.*?<!--TAG_END-->/s"
  
That seems to be more intuitive, and works fine even with very old
PHP versions, see <http://3v4l.org/UUFM6>. Apparently, there has
been a bug introduced with PHP 5.2.0 and resolved with PHP 5.3.7,
though.
 [2015-06-04 08:03 UTC] informatica at ortopediaplus dot com 
The error persists.

In the documentation, for meta-characters:
.	match any character except newline (by default)

My variable $content has newline (\n).

Fail with \n
"/<!--TAG_INI-->(.|\n)*?<!--TAG_END-->/s"
 [2015-06-04 09:18 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Feedback
 [2015-06-04 09:18 UTC] requinix@php.net 
@informatica: . combined with the /s flag is basically the same as what you have now. The big difference is that it doesn't use a capturing group, which will greatly increase performance. Please try what @cmb posted as your problem may just be the result of an inefficient regex.
 [2015-06-14 04:22 UTC] php-bugs at lists dot php dot net 
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