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Raul Gutierrez Segales commented on ZOOKEEPER-2146: --------------------------------------------------- Yeah, you are right - it would just be a malformed packet. Thanks for checking Hongchao! > BinaryInputArchive readString should check length before allocating memory > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: ZOOKEEPER-2146 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ZOOKEEPER-2146 > Project: ZooKeeper > Issue Type: Bug > Reporter: Hongchao Deng > Assignee: Hongchao Deng > Attachments: ZOOKEEPER-2146.patch, ZOOKEEPER-2146.patch, > ZOOKEEPER-2146.patch > > > I recently observed a problem caused by malformed packets. ZK server crashed > because of OutOfMemoryError. > The reason is BinaryInputArchive didn't check the length before allocating > memory in readString(): > {code} > public String readString(String tag) throws IOException { > int len = in.readInt(); > if (len == -1) return null; > byte b[] = new byte[len]; > ... > {code} > I suggest to add the same check as in readBuffer. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)