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Bug #79755 Php process might hang on fatal error if proc from proc_open is not closed
Submitted: 2020-06-28 13:57 UTC Modified: 2020-07-12 04:22 UTC
From: michael dot vorisek at email dot cz Assigned: cmb (profile)
Status: No Feedback Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 7.4.7 OS: Windows
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2020-06-28 13:57 UTC] michael dot vorisek at email dot cz 
Description:
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reproducible with quote complex code on Windows platform with PHP 7.4.7 NTS

issue has gone if processes were stopped properly in the script before a fatal error is thrown

php code needs to be checked, it seems, that after a fatal error not all child processes are terminated properly

Test script:
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// start several processes with proc_open and keep them running

// now throw some fatal error like with class with invalid method signature

// notice, that PHP process will not finish

Expected result:
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php process finishes and there are no child processes left

Actual result:
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php process hang

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 [2020-06-30 10:50 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Feedback -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb
 [2020-06-30 10:50 UTC] cmb@php.net 
Well, without more detailed information this is unlikely
to be actionable.  I mean there are certainly ways to
cause a the parent process to hang, which would not be a bug
in PHP, but rather in the userland script, e.g.

<?php
$descs = [['pipe', 'r'], ['pipe', 'w'], ['pipe', 'w']];
$proc = proc_open('php -r "echo str_repeat(\'*\', 10000);"', $descs, $pipes);
set_error_handler(function () use ($pipes) {
    fwrite($pipes[0], str_repeat('*', 10000));
});
trigger_error('error', E_USER_ERROR);
?>

The point is that anonymous pipes are always blocking on Windows,
what manifests if there is more data in the pipe than the pipe
manager is able to buffer[1].

[1] <https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20110707-00/?p=10223>
 [2020-07-12 04:22 UTC] php-bugs at lists dot php dot net 
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