Line 467 of user.module:

function user_user($type, $edit, $user, $category = NULL) {

Should be:

function user_user($type, &$edit, &$user, $category = NULL) {

Without the references all sorts of bad things happen. In my case, saving any user caused them to receive all roles. The only way to revert this was to hack the database. =/

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#1 995550-missing_hook_user_refs.patch478 bytesgreg.harvey

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Correction, I've just realised this is because of another patch: #853064: Alter INSTALL.txt to be clear PHP 5.3 is not compatible with Drupal 5