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Commit 1af6c0a84fa0a6ae5b36b4b00b296b79d93e828a in avro's branch
refs/heads/AVRO-4295-csharp-available-bytes from Ismaël Mejía
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AVRO-4295: [csharp] Clarify two doc comments
Addresses review feedback (documentation only):
- read(long): the max-length guard "mirrors" ReadString() but the thrown
message differs; reword so it no longer claims an exact match.
- MinBytesPerElement summary: a zero-byte minimum is returned not only for null
but also for composites that encode to zero bytes (e.g. a record whose fields
are all zero-byte), which disables the bytes-remaining check (those are
bounded by the zero-byte item cap instead).
Assisted-by: GitHub Copilot:claude-opus-4.8
> [csharp] Bound allocation when decoding length-prefixed values and collections
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> Key: AVRO-4295
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-4295
> Project: Apache Avro
> Issue Type: Sub-task
> Components: csharp
> Affects Versions: 1.11.5, 1.12.1
> Reporter: Ismaël Mejía
> Assignee: Ismaël Mejía
> Priority: Major
> Labels: pull-request-available
> Time Spent: 6h
> Remaining Estimate: 0h
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> A bytes or string value is encoded as a length prefix followed by that many
> bytes of data, and an array or map block is encoded as an element count
> followed by that many items. A malicious or truncated input can declare a
> very large length or count while carrying little or no actual data, causing a
> large allocation before the shortfall is noticed. When the source can report
> how many bytes remain, reject a declared length (or a collection block count)
> that exceeds the bytes actually available before allocating for it. Companion
> to AVRO-4241 (Java).
> BinaryDecoder.RemainingBytes() reports the bytes still readable for a
> seekable stream; ReadBytes/ReadString consult it directly
> (EnsureAvailableBytes), while DefaultReader.ReadArray/ReadMap consult it via
> MinBytesPerElement(). EnsureCollectionAvailable tracks the cumulative count
> and enforces the limits, and the schema-resolution Skip path for arrays and
> maps is bounded the same way. Negative and out-of-range counts are rejected
> before the int cast.
> Zero-byte elements (null, or a record with only zero-byte fields) consume no
> input, so the available-bytes check cannot bound their count: a tiny payload
> such as {"type":"array","items":"null"} declaring a block count of
> 200,000,000 would otherwise drive an unbounded allocation. In addition to the
> available-bytes check this therefore caps the cumulative count of zero-byte
> elements (default 10,000,000), applies a structural cap (int.MaxValue - 8,
> further clamped to the runtime's maximum array length) to every
> non-zero-byte-element collection (which also covers collections read from a
> source that cannot report the bytes remaining), and bounds the array/map skip
> paths. When set, the AVRO_MAX_COLLECTION_ITEMS environment variable caps both
> limits.
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