RFR: 8210471: GZIPInputStream constructor could leak an un-end()ed Inflater

Jaikiran Pai jpai at openjdk.org
Thu May 30 12:19:12 UTC 2024


Can I please get a review of this change which proposes to address the issue noted in https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8210471?

`java.util.zip.Inflater` when instantiated will hold on the native resources which are freed only when `Inflater.end()` is called. The constructor of `java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream` instantiates an `Inflater` for its internal use. After instantiating the `Inflater`, the `GZIPInputStream` constructor before returning from the constructor, can run into either a `IllegalArgumentException` (because the `size` is `<=0`) or an `IOException` when trying to read a GZIP header from the underlying `InputStream`. In either of these cases, the `Inflater` that the `GZIPInputStream` created internally will end up leaking and the caller has no way to `end()` that `Inflater` or even knowledge of that `Inflater`.

The commit in this PR catches the `IOException` when reading the GZIP header and `end()`s the `Inflater`. Furthermore, to prevent instantiation of an `Inflater`, the `GZIPInputStream` constructor before calling `super(...)` will now check the `InputStream` to be non-null and `size` to be `>0`, both of which were being done by the `super` constructor.

Given the nature of the change, no new test has been added. Existing tests in `test/jdk/java/util/zip` continue to pass and tier1, tier2 and tier3 testing is in progress.

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Commit messages:
 - 8210471: GZIPInputStream constructor could leak an un-end()ed Inflater

Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/19475/files
  Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=19475&range=00
  Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8210471
  Stats: 23 lines in 1 file changed: 21 ins; 0 del; 2 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/19475.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/19475/head:pull/19475

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/19475


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