[php-src] PHP-8.4: Fix DOMNameSpaceNode clone UAF after xinclude

Author: Ilia Alshanetsky (iliaal)
Date: 2026-08-17T06:44:16-04:00

Commit: https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/d09e5e2bc2d194ff454bf7d737fe7ed7e369f62e
Raw diff: https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/d09e5e2bc2d194ff454bf7d737fe7ed7e369f62e.diff

Fix DOMNameSpaceNode clone UAF after xinclude

Clone built the fake namespace decl from original_node->parent, which
xinclude has already freed; parent_intern is the durable handle.

Closes GH-23248

Changed paths:
  A  ext/dom/tests/dom_namespacenode_clone_xinclude.phpt
  M  NEWS
  M  ext/dom/php_dom.c


Diff:

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ecb4d105e917..338409dd70c5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Fixed bug GH-15375 (Nested "yield from" skips items after a valid() or
     next() call on the inner generator). (iliaal)
 
+- DOM:
+  . Fixed a use-after-free when cloning a DOMNameSpaceNode after
+    DOMDocument::xinclude(). (iliaal)
+
 - Opcache:
   . Fixed opcache.protect_memory race under ZTS. (realFlowControl)
 
diff --git a/ext/dom/php_dom.c b/ext/dom/php_dom.c
index 00f63d475032..b19c3327419d 100644
--- a/ext/dom/php_dom.c
+++ b/ext/dom/php_dom.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static HashTable dom_xpath_prop_handlers;
 
 static zend_object *dom_objects_namespace_node_new(zend_class_entry *class_type);
 static void dom_object_namespace_node_free_storage(zend_object *object);
-static xmlNodePtr php_dom_create_fake_namespace_decl_node_ptr(xmlNodePtr nodep, xmlNsPtr original);
+static xmlNodePtr php_dom_create_fake_namespace_decl_node_ptr(xmlNodePtr nodep, xmlNsPtr original, xmlDocPtr fallback_doc);
 
 typedef zend_result (*dom_read_t)(dom_object *obj, zval *retval);
 typedef zend_result (*dom_write_t)(dom_object *obj, zval *newval);
@@ -705,7 +705,8 @@ static zend_object *dom_object_namespace_node_clone_obj(zend_object *zobject)
 	xmlNodePtr original_node = dom_object_get_node(&intern->dom);
 	if (original_node != NULL) {
 		ZEND_ASSERT(original_node->type == XML_NAMESPACE_DECL);
-		xmlNodePtr cloned_node = php_dom_create_fake_namespace_decl_node_ptr(original_node->parent, original_node->ns);
+		xmlNodePtr parent = intern->parent_intern ? dom_object_get_node(intern->parent_intern) : NULL;
+		xmlNodePtr cloned_node = php_dom_create_fake_namespace_decl_node_ptr(parent, original_node->ns, original_node->doc);
 		dom_update_refcount_after_clone(&intern->dom, original_node, &clone_intern->dom, cloned_node);
 	}
 
@@ -2318,15 +2319,16 @@ xmlNsPtr dom_get_nsdecl(xmlNode *node, xmlChar *localName) {
 }
 /* }}} end dom_get_nsdecl */
 
-static xmlNodePtr php_dom_create_fake_namespace_decl_node_ptr(xmlNodePtr nodep, xmlNsPtr original)
+static xmlNodePtr php_dom_create_fake_namespace_decl_node_ptr(xmlNodePtr nodep, xmlNsPtr original, xmlDocPtr fallback_doc)
 {
 	xmlNodePtr attrp;
+	xmlDocPtr doc = nodep ? nodep->doc : fallback_doc;
 	xmlNsPtr curns = xmlNewNs(NULL, original->href, NULL);
 	if (original->prefix) {
 		curns->prefix = xmlStrdup(original->prefix);
-		attrp = xmlNewDocNode(nodep->doc, NULL, BAD_CAST original->prefix, original->href);
+		attrp = xmlNewDocNode(doc, NULL, BAD_CAST original->prefix, original->href);
 	} else {
-		attrp = xmlNewDocNode(nodep->doc, NULL, BAD_CAST "xmlns", original->href);
+		attrp = xmlNewDocNode(doc, NULL, BAD_CAST "xmlns", original->href);
 	}
 	attrp->type = XML_NAMESPACE_DECL;
 	attrp->parent = nodep;
@@ -2337,7 +2339,7 @@ static xmlNodePtr php_dom_create_fake_namespace_decl_node_ptr(xmlNodePtr nodep,
 /* Note: Assumes the additional lifetime was already added in the caller. */
 xmlNodePtr php_dom_create_fake_namespace_decl(xmlNodePtr nodep, xmlNsPtr original, zval *return_value, dom_object *parent_intern)
 {
-	xmlNodePtr attrp = php_dom_create_fake_namespace_decl_node_ptr(nodep, original);
+	xmlNodePtr attrp = php_dom_create_fake_namespace_decl_node_ptr(nodep, original, NULL);
 	php_dom_create_object(attrp, return_value, parent_intern);
 	/* This object must exist, because we just created an object for it via php_dom_create_object(). */
 	php_dom_namespace_node_obj_from_obj(Z_OBJ_P(return_value))->parent_intern = parent_intern;
diff --git a/ext/dom/tests/dom_namespacenode_clone_xinclude.phpt b/ext/dom/tests/dom_namespacenode_clone_xinclude.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..33efc0a73b44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/dom/tests/dom_namespacenode_clone_xinclude.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+--TEST--
+DOMNameSpaceNode clone after xinclude does not use a dangling parent
+--EXTENSIONS--
+dom
+--FILE--
+<?php
+$included = __DIR__ . '/dom_namespacenode_clone_xinclude_included.xml';
+file_put_contents($included, '<?xml version="1.0"?><included/>');
+$href = 'file:///' . ltrim(str_replace('\\', '/', $included), '/');
+
+$doc = new DOMDocument();
+$doc->loadXML('<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<root xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
+  <xi:include href="' . $href . '" xmlns:local="urn:test"/>
+</root>');
+
+$xpath = new DOMXPath($doc);
+$xpath->registerNamespace('xi', 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude');
+$xi = $xpath->query('//xi:include')->item(0);
+$ns = $xpath->query('namespace::local', $xi)->item(0);
+
+$live = clone $ns;
+echo "live clone: ", $live->nodeName, "\n";
+echo "live parent: ", $live->parentNode->nodeName, "\n";
+
+$doc->xinclude();
+
+$clone = clone $ns;
+echo "after xinclude: ", $clone->nodeName, "\n";
+var_dump($clone->parentNode);
+var_dump($clone->parentElement);
+var_dump($clone->isConnected);
+?>
+--CLEAN--
+<?php
+@unlink(__DIR__ . '/dom_namespacenode_clone_xinclude_included.xml');
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+live clone: xmlns:local
+live parent: xi:include
+after xinclude: xmlns:local
+NULL
+NULL
+bool(false)