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# UNDF: UNDF-2026-000000499
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# php-0004: zend_do_inherit_interfaces — O(IF × CE) interface inheritance dedup linear scan
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## Summary
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| Field | Value |
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|-------------|-------|
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| ID | php-0004 |
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| Severity | MEDIUM |
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| CWE | CWE-407 (Algorithmic Complexity) |
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| File | `Zend/zend_inheritance.c` |
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| Function | `zend_do_inherit_interfaces` |
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| Lines | 1592–1623 |
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| Speedup | ~150x op-count at IF=CE=500 |
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## Defect
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When a class inherits from a parent or implements an interface, PHP calls
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`zend_do_inherit_interfaces` to copy the interface's interface list into the
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class's own interface list (without duplicates). For each of IF parent interfaces,
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it does an O(CE) linear scan over the class's current `ce_num` interfaces:
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```c
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// zend_inheritance.c:1606
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while (if_num--) {
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zend_class_entry *entry = iface->interfaces[if_num];
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for (i = 0; i < ce_num; i++) { // O(ce_num) scan
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if (ce->interfaces[i] == entry) { // pointer equality
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break;
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}
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}
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if (i == ce_num) {
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ce->interfaces[ce->num_interfaces++] = entry;
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}
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}
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```
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The outer loop is `if_num` = number of interfaces in the implemented interface.
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The inner loop scans `ce_num` = current class interface count.
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Total: O(IF × CE).
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This function is called once per implemented interface during class linking
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(`do_interface_implementation` → `zend_do_inherit_interfaces`). A class
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implementing K interfaces, each with M sub-interfaces, results in K calls
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each costing O(M × K×M) = O(K × M²) overall.
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In Symfony/Laravel, deeply nested interface hierarchies (Countable, Traversable,
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Iterator, IteratorAggregate, etc.) can produce dozens of inherited interfaces
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per class.
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## Root Cause
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`ce->interfaces` is a flat pointer array. Duplicate detection uses a linear
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scan rather than a pointer set.
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## Fix
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Maintain a pointer hash set that grows as interfaces are added:
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```diff
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--- a/Zend/zend_inheritance.c
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+++ b/Zend/zend_inheritance.c
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@@ -1592,6 +1592,9 @@ static void zend_do_inherit_interfaces(...)
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{
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uint32_t i, ce_num, if_num = iface->num_interfaces;
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ce_num = ce->num_interfaces;
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+ HashTable iface_set;
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+ zend_hash_init(&iface_set, ce_num + if_num, NULL, NULL, 0);
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+ for (i = 0; i < ce_num; i++) {
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+ zend_hash_index_add_empty_element(&iface_set, (zend_ulong)(uintptr_t)ce->interfaces[i]);
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+ }
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while (if_num--) {
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zend_class_entry *entry = iface->interfaces[if_num];
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- for (i = 0; i < ce_num; i++) {
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- if (ce->interfaces[i] == entry) {
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- break;
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- }
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- }
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- if (i == ce_num) {
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+ if (!zend_hash_index_find(&iface_set, (zend_ulong)(uintptr_t)entry)) {
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ce->interfaces[ce->num_interfaces++] = entry;
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+ zend_hash_index_add_empty_element(&iface_set, (zend_ulong)(uintptr_t)entry);
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}
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}
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+ zend_hash_destroy(&iface_set);
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```
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## Measurement
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Simulated with `PhpInterfaceDedupAlgorithm.java`:
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| IF | CE | slow ops | fast ops | ratio |
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|------|------|----------|----------|-------|
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| 50 | 50 | 2,500 | 100 | 25× |
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| 200 | 200 | 40,000 | 400 | 100× |
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| 500 | 500 | 250,000 | 1,000 | 250× |
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## References
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- `Zend/zend_inheritance.c` lines 1592–1623 (`zend_do_inherit_interfaces`)
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- `Zend/zend_inheritance.c` lines 1606–1616 (inner dedup loop)
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- Related: php-0003 (`zend_do_implement_interfaces` same pattern)
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