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Bug #78761 Zend memory heap corruption with preload and pointer casting
Submitted: 2019-10-30 11:28 UTC Modified: 2019-10-30 18:02 UTC
From: lisachenko dot it at gmail dot com Assigned: cmb (profile)
Status: Closed Package: *Extensibility Functions
PHP Version: 7.4.0RC4 OS: Windows x64
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2019-10-30 11:28 UTC] lisachenko dot it at gmail dot com 
Description:
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There is a zend_mm_heap corruption when using FFI preload mode and proxying requests to the FFI::cast from a preloaded class.
Corruptions appear when trying to cast any CData pointer to another type via preloaded class that wraps FFI::cast() internally.

Test script:
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See gist: https://gist.github.com/lisachenko/f133184201aa3c63d58af9548bdd825a

Expected result:
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No memory corruption

Actual result:
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Script terminated with zend_mm_heap corrupted

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 [2019-10-30 17:52 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Verified
 [2019-10-30 17:52 UTC] cmb@php.net 
I can confirm this issue.  Simpler reproducer:

    <?php
    FFI::cast('char[10]', FFI::new('char[1]'));

and opcache.preload=preload.php which is

    <?php
    FFI::load(__DIR__ . '/header.h');

header.h may be empty.

The immediate problem seems to be that preloading sets
FFI_G(persistent) to 1, but doesn't necessarily reset it to 0 when
the loading is finished.  This causes the array type to be
allocated persistently, but it is later freed with efree().
 [2019-10-30 18:02 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb
 [2019-10-30 18:06 UTC] cmb@php.net 
The following pull request has been associated:

Patch Name: Fix #78761: Zend memory heap corruption with preload and casting
On GitHub:  https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/4876
Patch:      https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/4876.patch
 [2019-10-30 18:50 UTC] cmb@php.net 
Automatic comment on behalf of cmbecker69@gmx.de
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=0055f1e3dc7ec27778d6d3bd22404319b3ceeeca
Log: Fix #78761: Zend memory heap corruption with preload and casting
 [2019-10-30 18:50 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Verified +Status: Closed
 
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