[CASSANDRA-12769] An invalid insert request crashes the C* node

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Normal
• Resolution: Fixed
• Component/s: Legacy/CQL

Environment

osx, linux, windows, cassandra-driver-core-3.1.0

• Severity: Normal
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jérémi Kurzanski
• Created: 10/Oct/16 14:09
• Updated: 16/Apr/19 09:30
• Resolved: 16/Nov/16 15:41

Description

The node crash with a OOM error when it receives an invalid insert including a plain string instead of a List.

Here is an extract of the log :

ERROR [Native-Transport-Requests-1] 2016-10-10 15:51:57,096 JVMStabilityInspector.java:141 - JVM state determined to be unstable.  Exiting forcefully due to:
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
        at java.util.ArrayList.<init>(ArrayList.java:152) ~[na:1.8.0_60]
        at org.apache.cassandra.serializers.ListSerializer.deserializeForNativeProtocol(ListSerializer.java:87) ~[apache-cassandra-3.9.jar:3.9]
        at org.apache.cassandra.cql3.Lists$Value.fromSerialized(Lists.java:150) ~[apache-cassandra-3.9.jar:3.9]
        at org.apache.cassandra.cql3.Lists$Marker.bind(Lists.java:255) ~[apache-cassandra-3.9.jar:3.9]
        at org.apache.cassandra.cql3.Lists$Setter.execute(Lists.java:308) ~[apache-cassandra-3.9.jar:3.9]

Please find enclosed a unitTest to reproduce the problem.

Issue Links

• duplicates: CASSANDRA-12618 Out of memory bug with one insert