Sec Bug->Bug #80663 [Opn]: SplFixedArray writes to invalid memory if an element destructor calls setSize

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=80663&edit=1 ID: 80663 Updated by: stas@php.net Reported by: tandre@php.net Summary: SplFixedArray writes to invalid memory if an element destructor calls setSize Status: Open -Type: Security +Type: Bug Package: SPL related Operating System: Linux(any?) PHP Version: 7.3.26 Block user comment: N Private report: Y Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2021-01-23 21:57:15] tandre@php.net Description: ------------ I noticed when looking at spl classes that SplFixedArray (and probably SplObjectStorage for emalloced key-value entries) doesn't check if the underlying storage is freed in the middle of resizing, i.e. there are missing checks for re-entry due to __destruct being called. It might be possible to fix those warnings by allocating a temporary buffer as a local variable, copying the range of zvals that need to be released, then calling those destructors. Or by explicitly forbidding resizing while modifying Calling this a security bug may be excessive : In realistic applications, (it's probably the case that) nobody would write code like this and there might be other known issues, but it may be worse when combined with unserialize() issues or if buggy libraries using SplFixedArray are identified. __set_state would have the same issue in zval_ptr_dtor_range (e.g. if an error handler triggered a call to setSize()) e.g. calling SplObjectStorage->detach() from __destruct when updating an existing SplObjectStorage entry may cause use after free, I haven't checked. Mentioned in https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/6261 Test script: --------------- <?php // errors are reported with USE_ZEND_ALLOC=0 valgrind php, tested with 7.3, 7.4 and 8.0 class InvalidDestructor { public function __destruct() { $GLOBALS['obj']->setSize(0); } } $obj = new SplFixedArray(1000); $obj[0] = new InvalidDestructor(); $obj->setSize(0); Expected result: ---------------- No valgrind errors for double free or invalid memory accesses Actual result: -------------- ``` ...other valgrind spl errors ==99097== Invalid read of size 1 ==99097== at 0x7A40E4: zval_ptr_dtor (in /path/to/php-8.0.1-nts-install/bin/php) ==99097== by 0x664023: zim_SplFixedArray_setSize (in /path/to/php-8.0.1-nts-install/bin/php) ==99097== by 0x817557: execute_ex (in /path/to/php-8.0.1-nts-install/bin/php) ==99097== by 0x817A59: zend_execute (in /path/to/php-8.0.1-nts-install/bin/php) ==99097== by 0x7A6EFB: zend_execute_scripts (in /path/to/php-8.0.1-nts-install/bin/php) ==99097== by 0x732B51: php_execute_script (in /path/to/php-8.0.1-nts-install/bin/php) ==99097== by 0x8425DF: do_cli (in /path/to/php-8.0.1-nts-install/bin/php) ==99097== by 0x363D91: main (in /path/to/php-8.0.1-nts-install/bin/php) ==99097== Address 0x949c0d9 is 25 bytes inside a block of size 16,000 free'd ==99097== at 0x483CA3F: free (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so) ==99097== by 0x664034: zim_SplFixedArray_setSize (in /path/to/php-8.0.1-nts-install/bin/php) ==99097== by 0x817557: execute_ex (in /path/to/php-8.0.1-nts-install/bin/php) ==99097== by 0x7969E7: zend_call_function (in /path/to/php-8.0.1-nts-install/bin/php) ==99097== by 0x796E4A: zend_call_known_function (in /path/to/php-8.0.1-nts-install/bin/php) ==99097== by 0x835BB3: zend_objects_destroy_object (in /path/to/php-8.0.1-nts-install/bin/php) ==99097== by 0x83A672: zend_objects_store_del (in /path/to/php-8.0.1-nts-install/bin/php) ==99097== by 0x664023: zim_SplFixedArray_setSize (in /path/to/php-8.0.1-nts-install/bin/php) ==99097== by 0x817557: execute_ex (in /path/to/php-8.0.1-nts-install/bin/php) ==99097== by 0x817A59: zend_execute (in /path/to/php-8.0.1-nts-install/bin/php) ==99097== by 0x7A6EFB: zend_execute_scripts (in /path/to/php-8.0.1-nts-install/bin/php) ==99097== by 0x732B51: php_execute_script (in /path/to/php-8.0.1-nts-install/bin/php) ==99097== Block was alloc'd at ==99097== at 0x483B7F3: malloc (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so) ==99097== by 0x76FF4C: __zend_malloc (in /path/to/php-8.0.1-nts-install/bin/php) ==99097== by 0x663E1B: zim_SplFixedArray___construct (in /path/to/php-8.0.1-nts-install/bin/php) ==99097== by 0x817557: execute_ex (in /path/to/php-8.0.1-nts-install/bin/php) ==99097== by 0x817A59: zend_execute (in /path/to/php-8.0.1-nts-install/bin/php) ==99097== by 0x7A6EFB: zend_execute_scripts (in /path/to/php-8.0.1-nts-install/bin/php) ==99097== by 0x732B51: php_execute_script (in /path/to/php-8.0.1-nts-install/bin/php) ==99097== by 0x8425DF: do_cli (in /path/to/php-8.0.1-nts-install/bin/php) ==99097== by 0x363D91: main (in /path/to/php-8.0.1-nts-install/bin/php) ``` ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=80663&edit=1