Fix infinite loop in AbstractByteArrayOutputStream.#758
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When an AbstractByteArrayOutputStream is initialized with a 0 size buffer and writeImpl(InputStream) is called an infinite loop may occur and eventually cause an OOM exception. This is due to passing 0 as the maximum bytes to read in InputStream#read which returns 0, then a new 0 size buffer is created, and then InputStream#read is called again therefore repeating the loop forever. Fix this infinite loop by updating needNewBuffer to use DEFAULT_SIZE as the initial buffer size instead of 0. This will allow InputStream#read to properly populate the buffer as expected and terminate the loop when EOF is reached. Set initial value of currentBufferIndex to -1 so it is properly initialized to 0 when needNewBuffer is called; unrelated to the infinite loop bug.
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| private int currentBufferIndex = -1; |
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unrelated to the bug but I found this value was wrong while investigating. I dont think its causing any issues because it appears to only be used after reset is called which properly sets this value.
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| if (currentBuffer == null) { | ||
| newBufferSize = newCount; | ||
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| newBufferSize = newCount > 0 ? newCount : DEFAULT_SIZE; |
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simplest fix I found. Another option is to not allow ANY buffers smaller than DEFAULT_SIZE. Some things I ran into trying other fixes:
- if the logic allows an initial 0 size buffer; the next buffer must be >0 size. Then when
toBufferedInputStreamis called the tests fail because.available()returns 0 (for the initial buffer) instead of the actual length of the data in the next buffer. Also seems like a waste to even callInputStream.readwith a 0 size buffer. - Technically there is nothing wrong with a BAOS with an initial size of 0, so we don't want to throw an exception. The docs say the buffer is increased as needed so hopefully it's fine to default it to
DEFAULT_SIZEin this case.
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| final Path emptyFile = Files.createTempFile(temporaryFolder, getClass().getSimpleName(), "-empty.txt"); | ||
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interesting corner case if you have an empty ByteArrayInputStream and you call read with a 0 size buffer it will return EOF BUT if you have an empty FileInputStream in that same scenario it will return 0.
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TY @qwerty4030 Good find 👍, merged. |
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Fix infinite loop in AbstractByteArrayOutputStream.
When an AbstractByteArrayOutputStream is initialized with a 0 size buffer and writeImpl(InputStream) is called an infinite loop may occur and eventually cause an OOM exception.
This is due to passing 0 as the maximum bytes to read in InputStream#read which returns 0, then a new 0 size buffer is created, and then InputStream#read is called again therefore repeating the loop forever.
Fix this infinite loop by updating needNewBuffer to use DEFAULT_SIZE as the initial buffer size instead of 0.
This will allow InputStream#read to properly populate the buffer as expected and terminate the loop when EOF is reached.
Set initial value of currentBufferIndex to -1 so it is properly initialized to 0 when needNewBuffer is called; unrelated to the infinite loop bug.