Bug #79571 [Opn]: FFI: calling Win32 LPSTR crashes

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=79571&edit=1 ID: 79571 Updated by: cmb@php.net Reported by: peratx at itxtech dot org Summary: FFI: calling Win32 LPSTR crashes Status: Open Type: Bug Package: *Extensibility Functions Operating System: Windows 10 1903 PHP Version: 7.4.5 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Simpler reproducer: <?php $ffi = FFI::cdef(' typedef union { int num; char *str; } my_union; '); $union = $ffi->new('my_union'); $union->num = 17; var_dump($union); ?> The problem is that FFI can't know which member of the union is actually valid, but assumes that all are. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2020-05-07 06:11:27] peratx at itxtech dot org Wrong php info, it should be: PHP 7.4.5 (cli) (built: Apr 14 2020 16:17:34) ( ZTS Visual C++ 2017 x64 ) Copyright (c) The PHP Group Zend Engine v3.4.0, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies with Zend OPcache v7.4.5, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologie [PHP Modules] bcmath calendar Core ctype curl date dom FFI filter gd hash iconv json libxml mbstring mysqli mysqlnd openssl pcre PDO pdo_mysql Phar readline Reflection runkit7 session SimpleXML sockets sodium SPL sqlite3 standard tokenizer xml xmlreader xmlwriter yaml Zend OPcache zip zlib [Zend Modules] Zend OPcache ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2020-05-07 06:01:39] peratx at itxtech dot org Description: ------------ When accessing Windows LPSTR, the whole program crashes. =========== php -v PHP 7.3.8 (cli) (built: Jul 30 2019 12:44:06) ( ZTS MSVC15 (Visual C++ 2017) x64 ) Copyright (c) 1997-2018 The PHP Group Zend Engine v3.3.8, Copyright (c) 1998-2018 Zend Technologies with Zend OPcache v7.3.8, Copyright (c) 1999-2018, by Zend Technologies php -m [PHP Modules] bcmath calendar Core ctype curl date dom filter gd hash iconv json libxml mbstring mysqli mysqlnd openssl pcre PDO pdo_mysql Phar pthreads readline Reflection runkit7 session SimpleXML sockets sodium SPL sqlite3 standard tokenizer wddx xml xmlreader xmlwriter yaml Zend OPcache zip zlib [Zend Modules] Zend OPcache Test script: --------------- $ffi = \FFI::cdef(<<<EOL typedef unsigned long DWORD; typedef int BOOL; typedef DWORD *LPDWORD; typedef void *LPVOID; typedef LPVOID HINTERNET; typedef char* *LPSTR; typedef struct { DWORD dwLowDateTime; DWORD dwHighDateTime; } FILETIME, *PFILETIME, *LPFILETIME; typedef struct { DWORD dwOption; union { DWORD dwValue; LPSTR pszValue; FILETIME ftValue; } Value; } INTERNET_PER_CONN_OPTIONA, *LPINTERNET_PER_CONN_OPTIONA; typedef struct { DWORD dwSize; LPSTR pszConnection; DWORD dwOptionCount; DWORD dwOptionError; LPINTERNET_PER_CONN_OPTIONA pOptions; } INTERNET_PER_CONN_OPTION_LISTA, *LPINTERNET_PER_CONN_OPTION_LISTA; typedef DWORD WINAPI_InternetOption; BOOL InternetSetOptionA(HINTERNET hInternet, WINAPI_InternetOption dwOption, LPVOID lpBuffer, DWORD dwBufferLength); BOOL InternetQueryOptionA(HINTERNET hInternet, WINAPI_InternetOption dwOption, LPVOID lpBuffer, LPDWORD lpdwBufferLength); EOL , "Wininet.dll"); $list = $ffi->new("INTERNET_PER_CONN_OPTION_LISTA"); $opt = $ffi->new("INTERNET_PER_CONN_OPTIONA"); $str = \FFI::new("char*", ""); $opt->dwOption = 1; $opt->Value->pszValue = \FFI::addr($str); $list->dwSize = \FFI::sizeof($list); $list->pszConnection = null; $list->dwOptionCount = 1; $list->dwOptionError = 0; $list->pOptions = \FFI::addr($opt); $listptr = \FFI::addr($list); $int = $ffi->new("DWORD"); $int->cdata = \FFI::sizeof($list) * 2; $ptr = \FFI::addr($int); $ffi->InternetQueryOptionA(null, 75, $listptr, $ptr); var_dump($list);// crashes when it comes to pszValue which is a LPSTR pointer Expected result: ---------------- object(FFI\CData:struct <anonymous>)#5 (5) { ["dwSize"]=> int(32) ["pszConnection"]=> NULL ["dwOptionCount"]=> int(1) ["dwOptionError"]=> int(0) ["pOptions"]=> object(FFI\CData:struct <anonymous>*)#11 (1) { [0]=> object(FFI\CData:struct <anonymous>)#12 (2) { ["dwOption"]=> int(1) ["Value"]=> object(FFI\CData:union <anonymous>)#13 (3) { ["dwValue"]=> int(2) ["pszValue"]=> string(xxx) "xxxxx" ["value...."] Actual result: -------------- object(FFI\CData:struct <anonymous>)#5 (5) { ["dwSize"]=> int(32) ["pszConnection"]=> NULL ["dwOptionCount"]=> int(1) ["dwOptionError"]=> int(0) ["pOptions"]=> object(FFI\CData:struct <anonymous>*)#11 (1) { [0]=> object(FFI\CData:struct <anonymous>)#12 (2) { ["dwOption"]=> int(1) ["Value"]=> object(FFI\CData:union <anonymous>)#13 (3) { ["dwValue"]=> int(2) ["pszValue"]=> //crashes ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=79571&edit=1