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Bug #52906 gmp_mod returns negative result when non-negative is expected
Submitted: 2010-09-22 11:48 UTC Modified: 2010-10-01 02:13 UTC
From: kkcagg at gmail dot com Assigned: stas (profile)
Status: Closed Package: GNU MP related
PHP Version: 5.3.3 OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2010-09-22 11:48 UTC] kkcagg at gmail dot com 
Description:
------------
GMP version	4.2.2

Running the function in test script returns the output of -5 when 5 is expected.
Documentation (http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.gmp-mod.php) asserts that the 
result is always non-negative. This is not the case in actuality. Bug type could 
be either a bug or documentation problem.

Test script:
---------------
<?php
echo gmp_intval(gmp_mod(-2,7));
?>

Expected result:
----------------
5

Actual result:
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-5

Patches

gmp_mod (last revision 2010-09-22 15:43 UTC by [email protected])

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 [2010-09-22 17:21 UTC] [email protected]
-Status: Open +Status: Analyzed
 [2010-09-22 17:21 UTC] [email protected] 
This is a bug in the PHP extension. Worse, the result differs if you pass a GMP resource instead of an integer:

$ php -r "echo gmp_intval(gmp_mod(-2, gmp_add(6,1)));"
5

The problem is that gmp_zval_binary_ui_op_ex changes the sign of the result if it uses the unsigned integer variant of the GMP API and the first operand is negative. This may be the correct for other binary functions (I haven't checked), but it isn't for mod.


The documentation mirrors the upstream documentation, which says:

«
— Function: void mpz_mod (mpz_t r, mpz_t n, mpz_t d)
— Function: unsigned long int mpz_mod_ui (mpz_t r, mpz_t n, unsigned long int d)

Set r to n mod d. The sign of the divisor is ignored; the result is always non-negative.
»

http://gmplib.org/manual/Integer-Division.html#Integer-Division
 [2010-09-22 17:43 UTC] [email protected] 
The following patch has been added/updated:

Patch Name: gmp_mod
Revision:   1285170233
URL:        http://bugs.php.net/patch-display.php?bug=52906&patch=gmp_mod&revision=1285170233
 [2010-09-22 17:44 UTC] [email protected]
-Status: Analyzed +Status: Verified -Assigned To: +Assigned To: stas
 [2010-10-01 02:12 UTC] [email protected] 
Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of stas
Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&amp;revision=303910
Log: Fix bug #52906	gmp_mod returns negative result when non-negative is expected
 [2010-10-01 02:13 UTC] [email protected]
-Status: Verified +Status: Closed
 [2010-10-01 02:13 UTC] [email protected] 
This bug has been fixed in SVN.

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