Bug #60682 [NEW]: Infinite recursion through call_user_func causes segmentation fault

From: Operating system: Irrelevant PHP version: 5.3.8 Package: Reproducible crash Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Infinite recursion through call_user_func causes segmentation fault Description: ------------ The PHP interpreter crashes when a call_user_func recurses too deep, rather than dying with a memory error. Test script: --------------- <?php function f() { call_user_func("f"); } f(); Expected result: ---------------- Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 523800 bytes) in /Users/charlie/crap/notsegfault.php on line 4 Actual result: -------------- Segmentation fault -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60682&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60682&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60682&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60682&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60682&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60682&r=needdocs Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60682&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60682&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60682&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60682&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60682&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60682&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60682&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60682&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60682&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60682&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60682&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60682&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60682&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60682&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60682&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60682&r=mysqlcfg