Memory leak when writing on uninitialized variable returned from function

Bug #52041	Memory leak when writing on uninitialized variable returned from function
Submitted:	2010-06-10 19:18 UTC	Modified:	2010-06-15 10:25 UTC
From:	felipe@php.net	Assigned:	dmitry (profile)
Status:	Closed	Package:	Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version:	5.2, 5.3, Trunk	OS:	Linux
Private report:	No	CVE-ID:	None

[2010-06-10 19:18 UTC] felipe@php.net

Description:
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See below.

Test script:
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<?php

function foo() {
	return $x;
}

foo()->a = 1;

Expected result:
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No memory leak.

Actual result:
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Zend/zend_execute.c(723) :  Freeing 0x0A395E1C (20 bytes), script=../bug.php
=== Total 1 memory leaks detected ===

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[2010-06-10 19:18 UTC] felipe@php.net

-Status: Open +Status: Assigned -PHP Version: Irrelevant +PHP Version: 5.2, 5.3, Trunk -Assigned To: +Assigned To: dmitry

[2010-06-10 19:19 UTC] felipe@php.net

It is also reproducible with:
foo()[] = 1;

[2010-06-15 10:25 UTC] dmitry@php.net

-Status: Assigned +Status: Closed

[2010-06-15 10:25 UTC] dmitry@php.net

This bug has been fixed in SVN.

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