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HashTable use-after-destroy in function table via stream wrapper magic __call() with nested redeclaration

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Bug Category: Streams Extension: standard Status: Verified
Dominant language
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Description

Description

The following code:

<?php
class Loader {
    function stream_open() {
        return true;
    }
    function __call($m, $a) {
        $map[$obj] = putenv("LA=Gx$g_lang");
        function __call($m, $a) {}
    }
}
stream_wrapper_register('abc', 'Loader');
require 'abc://';

Resulted in this output:

/path/to/php-src/Zend/zend_hash.c(1555) : ht=0x5589df607568 is already destroyed
php: /path/to/php-src/Zend/zend_hash.c:73: _zend_is_inconsistent: Assertion `0' failed.
Aborted

Commit:

824c3891281bb4deb5a1aa245313a6c6b0ea786f

Build configuration:

CC="clang" CXX="clang++" CFLAGS="-fsanitize=address -g -O0" CXXFLAGS="-fsanitize=address -g -O0" LDFLAGS="-fsanitize=address" ./buildconf --force && ./configure --enable-debug --enable-address-sanitizer --disable-shared --with-pic --enable-mbstring --with-zlib
PHP Version
PHP 8.6.0-dev (cli) (built: Dec  6 2025 16:29:29) (NTS DEBUG)
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v4.6.0-dev, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
    with Zend OPcache v8.6.0-dev, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies
Operating System

Ubuntu 22.04

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Research direction

Reproduce the failure with the PHP snippet and debug build configuration from the issue, then start by reading zend_hash.c around the reported assertion. Trace the stream wrapper __call() and nested function redeclaration path; done means the example no longer reports a destroyed hash table or aborts.

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Assessment

Tech stack
c, php
Domain
compilers
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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