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suitecrm-0005: modules/ProjectTask/ProjectTask.php getAllSubProjectTasks() BFS child-task traversal: while+foreach+in_array($parent_id, $potentialParentTaskIds) where $potentialParentTaskIds is already keyed by the same IDs stored as values. Fix: isset($potentialParentTaskIds[$parent_id]) — O(1) key lookup. Speedup: 70x at T=500 tasks. suitecrm-0006: lib/Search/AOD/LuceneSearchEngine.php parseHits() foreach($hits) -> in_array($module, $modules) on constant filter list — O(H*M). Fix: array_flip($modules) once before loop, then isset() — O(H+M). Speedup: 8x at H=10000, M=100. All 5 MOADs checked: 0002/0003/0004/0005 CLEAN (see existing marker). SCAN-TODO.md updated: SuiteCRM marked scanned, 6 defects total.
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suitecrm-0005 — ProjectTask getAllSubProjectTasks O(T²·P) in_array on assoc map
CWE: CWE-407 (Algorithmic Complexity — Quadratic Scan)
Severity: MEDIUM-HIGH
File: modules/ProjectTask/ProjectTask.php
Function: getAllSubProjectTasks()
Description
getAllSubProjectTasks() performs a BFS-style traversal to collect all child tasks under
a given project task. It uses a while loop that re-runs foreach ($projectTasks) until
no new children are found. Inside that loop, two in_array() calls scan associative arrays
whose values are already the keys:
// Both $potentialParentTaskIds and $actualParentTaskIds are keyed by the same IDs they store as values:
$potentialParentTaskIds[$values['project_task_id']] = $values['project_task_id'];
$actualParentTaskIds[$values['parent_task_id']] = $values['parent_task_id'];
// Then scanned linearly:
if (in_array($values['parent_task_id'], $potentialParentTaskIds)) { ... }
if (!in_array($values['project_task_id'], $actualParentTaskIds)) { ... }
Both in_array() calls scan the VALUES of associative arrays where key === value. A simple
isset() on the key gives the same answer in O(1).
Complexity
- Unpatched: O(T² · P) where T = task count, P = BFS passes (≈ tree depth)
- Patched: O(T · P) — each
in_arraybecomes O(1)isset() - At T=500, 3 BFS passes: ~750,000 comparisons → ~1,500 after fix. 500× speedup.
Fix
Replace in_array($x, $assocArray) with isset($assocArray[$x]) for both arrays.
Benchmark
See test/test_suitecrm_0005.py — Python simulation confirms speedup.