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Bug #77843 Use after free with json serializer
Submitted: 2019-04-04 06:59 UTC Modified: 2019-04-18 14:42 UTC
Votes:1
Avg. Score:3.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:0 of 0 (0.0%)
From: hanno at hboeck dot de Assigned: nikic (profile)
Status: Closed Package: JSON related
PHP Version: 7.3.3 OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2019-04-04 06:59 UTC] hanno at hboeck dot de
Description:
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Together with a recent apache vulnerability
https://cfreal.github.io/carpe-diem-cve-2019-0211-apache-local-root.html

a use after free 0day bug in PHP was disclosed.

Just want to make sure you're aware of it. Compiling PHP 7.3.3 with ASAN gives me this stack trace:

==22468==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: heap-use-after-free on address 0x606000006288 at pc 0x000001b53104 bp 0x7ffc38a68850 sp 0x7ffc38a68848
READ of size 8 at 0x606000006288 thread T0
    #0 0x1b53103 in ZEND_FETCH_OBJ_R_SPEC_UNUSED_CONST_HANDLER /f/php-7.3.3/Zend/zend_vm_execute.h:31199:8
    #1 0x19ef40c in execute_ex /f/php-7.3.3/Zend/zend_vm_execute.h:55334:7
    #2 0x183aa71 in zend_call_function /f/php-7.3.3/Zend/zend_execute_API.c:756:3
    #3 0x1839366 in _call_user_function_ex /f/php-7.3.3/Zend/zend_execute_API.c:598:9
    #4 0x1197b9a in php_json_encode_serializable_object /f/php-7.3.3/ext/json/json_encoder.c:490:17
    #5 0x1197b9a in php_json_encode_zval /f/php-7.3.3/ext/json/json_encoder.c:567
    #6 0x11a0491 in php_json_encode_array /f/php-7.3.3/ext/json/json_encoder.c:218:8
    #7 0x1197e92 in php_json_encode_zval /f/php-7.3.3/ext/json/json_encoder.c:571:11
    #8 0x11a0491 in php_json_encode_array /f/php-7.3.3/ext/json/json_encoder.c:218:8
    #9 0x1197e92 in php_json_encode_zval /f/php-7.3.3/ext/json/json_encoder.c:571:11
    #10 0x119528c in zif_json_encode /f/php-7.3.3/ext/json/json.c:286:2
    #11 0x1bbbb10 in ZEND_DO_ICALL_SPEC_RETVAL_UNUSED_HANDLER /f/php-7.3.3/Zend/zend_vm_execute.h:645:2
    #12 0x19ef40c in execute_ex /f/php-7.3.3/Zend/zend_vm_execute.h:55334:7
    #13 0x19efcdf in zend_execute /f/php-7.3.3/Zend/zend_vm_execute.h:60881:2
    #14 0x1889d94 in zend_execute_scripts /f/php-7.3.3/Zend/zend.c:1568:4
    #15 0x16990b7 in php_execute_script /f/php-7.3.3/main/main.c:2630:14
    #16 0x1cc58b3 in do_cli /f/php-7.3.3/sapi/cli/php_cli.c:997:5
    #17 0x1cc23e2 in main /f/php-7.3.3/sapi/cli/php_cli.c:1392:18
    #18 0x7faa220d64fa in __libc_start_main (/lib64/libc.so.6+0x244fa)
    #19 0x424419 in _start (/f/php-7.3.3/sapi/cli/php+0x424419)


Test script:
---------------
<?php

class X extends DateInterval implements JsonSerializable
{
  public function jsonSerialize()
  {
    global $y, $p;
    unset($y[0]);
    $p = $this->y;
    return $this;
  }
}

function get_aslr()
{
  global $p, $y;
  $p = 0;

  $y = [new X('PT1S')];
  json_encode([1234 => &$y]);
  print("ADDRESS: 0x" . dechex($p) . "\n");

  return $p;
}

get_aslr();



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 [2019-04-04 07:07 UTC] stas@php.net
-Type: Security +Type: Bug -Package: Reproducible crash +Package: JSON related
 [2019-04-04 07:07 UTC] stas@php.net
This looks like it requires specially crafted code, therefore not a security issue.
 [2019-04-18 14:42 UTC] nikic@php.net
-Assigned To: +Assigned To: nikic
 [2019-04-18 14:42 UTC] nikic@php.net
Slightly simplified test code (valgrind):

class X implements JsonSerializable {
    public $prop = "value";
    public function jsonSerialize() {
        global $arr;
        unset($arr[0]);
        var_dump($this);
        return $this;
    }
}

$arr = [new X()];
var_dump(json_encode([&$arr]));

We need to make sure a ref is kept when calling jsonSerialize() and probably also when recursing over arrays/objects in general (as something may be unset at a higher level).
 [2019-04-23 10:44 UTC] nikic@php.net
Automatic comment on behalf of nikita.ppv@gmail.com
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=4831e150c5ada631c1480098b8a42cbf024d8899
Log: Fixed bug #77843
 [2019-04-23 10:44 UTC] nikic@php.net
-Status: Assigned +Status: Closed
 
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