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Bug #76484 emory leakage with CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER set to TRUE
Submitted: 2018-06-15 16:57 UTC Modified: 2019-03-26 16:21 UTC
Votes:2
Avg. Score:5.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:2 of 2 (100.0%)
Same Version:1 (50.0%)
Same OS:1 (50.0%)
From: john357smith at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Open Package: cURL related
PHP Version: 7.2.6 OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2018-06-15 16:57 UTC] john357smith at gmail dot com
Description:
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When cURL is used with CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER set to TRUE or even without setting it (= default value is TRUE) there is a memory leakage with every call causing memory usage of php process to be constantly increasing.

memory_get_usage() reports still the same value so it must be core problem.

Keep test script running for more than 1 hour to see difference in memory usage (e.g. with top/htop etc.)

After running this script for 24 hours I got 50% of system memory to be used (cca 2GB)!

Test script:
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  error_reporting((E_ALL));

  while (TRUE)
  {
    $url = "https://www.yahoo.com/";

    echo("Fetching $url ... \n");

    $ch = curl_init();
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_NOBODY, TRUE);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, TRUE);
    curl_exec($ch);
    curl_close($ch);

    usleep(200000);
  }


Expected result:
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No memory leakage even when script is running forever.

Actual result:
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Memory usage is constantly increasing in time.

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 [2018-07-25 18:48 UTC] john357smith at gmail dot com
One month after I created this bug and no feedback? Will somebody look at it?
 [2018-07-25 19:06 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Feedback
 [2018-07-25 19:06 UTC] requinix@php.net
Tried this with the 7.2.8 and 7.1.20 I have on hand, and with repeated calls but not for a full hour (let alone 24). No leaks.

If you var_dump(memory_get_usage()) do you see an increase after a few requests, or does it actually take on the scale of an hour to see it? What does valgrind have to say?
 [2018-09-08 11:46 UTC] john357smith at gmail dot com
-Status: Feedback +Status: Open
 [2018-09-08 11:46 UTC] john357smith at gmail dot com
Hi again

Sorry for the late answer I didn't get any email notification about your replay. 

I tried it again with the latest version 7.2.9 compiled with only necessary options. After one hour the memory_get_usage() reports still the same number but consumed virtual memory increased from 290MB to 420MB. Couldn't be problem with leakage in openssl or curl library? I'm using openssl-1.0.2k-8 and curl-7.29.0-42.

Here are screenshots with running process and htop showing memory usage:

https://imgur.com/upfRDl0 - after start
https://imgur.com/kpCUsbV - after 1 hour

Thanks.
 [2018-11-02 07:01 UTC] john357smith at gmail dot com
Will anybody reply me?
Thanks.
 [2019-03-26 16:21 UTC] mike@php.net
Cannot reproduce either with a current libcurl.
Might have been an upstream or SSL library issue.
 
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