PHP 4.0 Bug #8243: session_decode() causes SIGSEGV

From: martin@netconfigs.com Operating system: Linux2.2.16(SuSE7) PHP version: 4.0.1pl2 PHP Bug Type: *Session related Bug description: session_decode() causes SIGSEGV .htaccess: php_flag register_globals off php_value session.save_path _sessions php-script: <script language=php> session_start(); session_decode('selfas|s:4:"5089";'); </script> backtrace: Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x401b2817 in _efree () at zend_alloc.c:281 281 zend_alloc.c: No such file or directory. (gdb) bt #0 0x401b2817 in _efree () at zend_alloc.c:281 #1 0x4020ca1a in php_rshutdown_session_globals () at session.c:1282 #2 0x4020cafc in php_rshutdown_session () at session.c:1287 #3 0x401cb2cd in module_registry_cleanup () at zend_API.c:758 #4 0x401ce7fa in zend_hash_apply () at zend_hash.c:639 #5 0x401ca6e9 in zend_deactivate_modules () at zend.c:253 #6 0x401da611 in php_request_shutdown () at main.c:581 #7 0x401d7f4b in php_apache_request_shutdown (dummy=0x0) at mod_php4.c:301 #8 0x80513f1 in run_cleanups () #9 0x804f963 in ap_clear_pool () #10 0x804f9e7 in ap_destroy_pool () #11 0x8060a83 in child_main () #12 0x8060be5 in make_child () #13 0x8060d66 in startup_children () #14 0x80613dd in standalone_main () #15 0x8061c0c in main () #16 0x400c5a8e in __libc_start_main () at ../sysdeps/generic/libc-start.c:93 Also tried: 1) giving session_decode() an empty string; 2) not calling session_start() -- Edit Bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=8243&edit=1