#36507 [NEW]: Crash in preg_replace

From: joc at presence-pc dot com Operating system: Linux PHP version: 4.4.2 PHP Bug Type: Reproducible crash Bug description: Crash in preg_replace Description: ------------ Hi, PHP segfaults during a call to preg_replace. If in the code below preg_replace('/(\s|^)(\.)+/',' ',$source); is replaced by preg_replace('/(\s|^)\.+/',' ',$source); The crash doesn't occurs anymore. Regards, Jocelyn Reproduce code: --------------- <?$source= " .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 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"; preg_replace('/(\s|^)(\.)+/',' ',$source); ?> -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=36507&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36507&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36507&r=trysnapshot51 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36507&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36507&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36507&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36507&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36507&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36507&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36507&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36507&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36507&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36507&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36507&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36507&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36507&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36507&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36507&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36507&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36507&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36507&r=mysqlcfg