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Chris Nauroth updated HDFS-6305:
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Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
Got it. Thanks for the explanation. +1 for this patch, pending Jenkins.
> WebHdfs response decoding may throw RuntimeExceptions
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> Key: HDFS-6305
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-6305
> Project: Hadoop HDFS
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: webhdfs
> Affects Versions: 2.0.0-alpha, 3.0.0
> Reporter: Daryn Sharp
> Assignee: Daryn Sharp
> Priority: Critical
> Attachments: HDFS-6305.patch
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> WebHdfs does not guard against exceptions while decoding the response
> payload. The json parser will throw RunTime exceptions on malformed
> responses. The json decoding routines do not validate the expected fields
> are present which may cause NPEs.
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