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  1. Solr
  2. SOLR-3446

PatternSyntaxException Crash from Unvalidated Regular Expression Usage

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    • Bug
    • Status: Closed
    • Major
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • 3.5
    • 4.0-ALPHA
    • None
    • None

    Description

      Solr sometimes crashes with an unhelpful stack trace. If the PatternTokenizerFactory's "pattern" attribute is set to an invalid regular expression, a PatternSyntaxException is thrown and Solr fails to start. The PatternSyntaxException is not useful to users in diagnosing the error. I think it would be better to report a detailed error message. The attached patch makes this change.

      Note that the patch adds a small RegexUtil class with helper methods to determine whether a String is a valid regular expression and to generate error messages for invalid regular expressions. I feel that these helper methods are more readable than catching the PatternSyntaxException. Furthermore, they can be re-used if more bugs like this one are found.

      Steps to reproduce:

      1. Patch in bug.patch
        • Note that this sets PatternTokenizerFactory's pattern attribute to an invalid regular expression.
      2. Run 'ant run-example' from the solr folder
      3. See exception in console output on startup:
      Apr 3, 2012 2:07:29 PM org.apache.solr.common.SolrException log
      SEVERE: java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException: Unclosed group near index 1
      (
       ^
             at java.util.regex.Pattern.error(Pattern.java:1713)
             at java.util.regex.Pattern.accept(Pattern.java:1571)
             at java.util.regex.Pattern.group0(Pattern.java:2533)
             at java.util.regex.Pattern.sequence(Pattern.java:1806)
             at java.util.regex.Pattern.expr(Pattern.java:1752)
             at java.util.regex.Pattern.compile(Pattern.java:1460)
             at java.util.regex.Pattern.<init>(Pattern.java:1133)
             at java.util.regex.Pattern.compile(Pattern.java:847)
             at org.apache.solr.analysis.PatternTokenizerFactory.init(PatternTokenizerFactory.java:90)
             at org.apache.solr.schema.IndexSchema$5.init(IndexSchema.java:901)
             at org.apache.solr.schema.IndexSchema$5.init(IndexSchema.java:890)
             at org.apache.solr.util.plugin.AbstractPluginLoader.load(AbstractPluginLoader.java:148)
             at org.apache.solr.schema.IndexSchema.readAnalyzer(IndexSchema.java:910)
             at org.apache.solr.schema.IndexSchema.access$100(IndexSchema.java:62)
             at org.apache.solr.schema.IndexSchema$1.create(IndexSchema.java:450)
             at org.apache.solr.schema.IndexSchema$1.create(IndexSchema.java:435)
             at org.apache.solr.util.plugin.AbstractPluginLoader.load(AbstractPluginLoader.java:140)
             at org.apache.solr.schema.IndexSchema.readSchema(IndexSchema.java:480)
             at org.apache.solr.schema.IndexSchema.<init>(IndexSchema.java:125)
             at org.apache.solr.core.CoreContainer.create(CoreContainer.java:461)
             at org.apache.solr.core.CoreContainer.load(CoreContainer.java:316)
             at org.apache.solr.core.CoreContainer.load(CoreContainer.java:207)
             at org.apache.solr.core.CoreContainer$Initializer.initialize(CoreContainer.java:130)
             at org.apache.solr.servlet.SolrDispatchFilter.init(SolrDispatchFilter.java:94)
             at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.FilterHolder.doStart(FilterHolder.java:97)
             at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:50)
             at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.initialize(ServletHandler.java:713)
             at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.Context.startContext(Context.java:140)
             at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.startContext(WebAppContext.java:1282)
             at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.doStart(ContextHandler.java:518)
             at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.doStart(WebAppContext.java:499)
             at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:50)
             at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.doStart(HandlerCollection.java:152)
             at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.doStart(ContextHandlerCollection.java:156)
             at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:50)
             at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.doStart(HandlerCollection.java:152)
             at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:50)
             at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.doStart(HandlerWrapper.java:130)
             at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.doStart(Server.java:224)
             at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:50)
             at org.mortbay.xml.XmlConfiguration.main(XmlConfiguration.java:985)
             at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
             at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
             at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
             at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
             at org.mortbay.start.Main.invokeMain(Main.java:194)
             at org.mortbay.start.Main.start(Main.java:534)
             at org.mortbay.start.Main.start(Main.java:441)
             at org.mortbay.start.Main.main(Main.java:119)
      

      4. Visit http://localhost:8983/solr/admin/ and see a similar message:

      HTTP ERROR 500
      
      Problem accessing /solr/admin/. Reason:
      
          Severe errors in solr configuration.
      
      Check your log files for more detailed information on what may be wrong.
      
      If you want solr to continue after configuration errors, change: 
      
       <abortOnConfigurationError>false</abortOnConfigurationError>
      
      in solr.xml
      
      ...
      
      -------------------------------------------------------------
      java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException: Unclosed group near index 1
      (
       ^
             at java.util.regex.Pattern.error(Pattern.java:1713)
             at java.util.regex.Pattern.accept(Pattern.java:1571)
             at java.util.regex.Pattern.group0(Pattern.java:2533)
             at java.util.regex.Pattern.sequence(Pattern.java:1806)
             at java.util.regex.Pattern.expr(Pattern.java:1752)
             at java.util.regex.Pattern.compile(Pattern.java:1460)
             at java.util.regex.Pattern.<init>(Pattern.java:1133)
             at java.util.regex.Pattern.compile(Pattern.java:847)
             at org.apache.solr.analysis.PatternTokenizerFactory.init(PatternTokenizerFactory.java:90)
             at org.apache.solr.schema.IndexSchema$5.init(IndexSchema.java:901)
             at org.apache.solr.schema.IndexSchema$5.init(IndexSchema.java:890)
             at org.apache.solr.util.plugin.AbstractPluginLoader.load(AbstractPluginLoader.java:148)
      ...
      

      After applying the patch, the following is printed to the console:

      SEVERE: org.apache.solr.common.SolrException: invalid "pattern" regular expression for PatternTokenizerFactory: Unclosed group near index 1
      (
       ^
          at org.apache.solr.analysis.PatternTokenizerFactory.init(PatternTokenizerFactory.java:90)
          at org.apache.solr.schema.IndexSchema$5.init(IndexSchema.java:901)
          at org.apache.solr.schema.IndexSchema$5.init(IndexSchema.java:890)
          at org.apache.solr.util.plugin.AbstractPluginLoader.load(AbstractPluginLoader.java:148)
      ...
      

      And the following similar message is shown when visiting http://localhost:8983/solr/admin/ :

      HTTP ERROR 500
      
      Problem accessing /solr/admin/. Reason:
      
          Severe errors in solr configuration.
      
      Check your log files for more detailed information on what may be wrong.
      
      If you want solr to continue after configuration errors, change: 
      
       <abortOnConfigurationError>false</abortOnConfigurationError>
      
      in solr.xml
      
      ...
      
      -------------------------------------------------------------
      org.apache.solr.common.SolrException: invalid "pattern" regular expression for PatternTokenizerFactory: Unclosed group near index 1
      (
       ^
             at org.apache.solr.analysis.PatternTokenizerFactory.init(PatternTokenizerFactory.java:90)
             at org.apache.solr.schema.IndexSchema$5.init(IndexSchema.java:901)
             at org.apache.solr.schema.IndexSchema$5.init(IndexSchema.java:890)
             at org.apache.solr.util.plugin.AbstractPluginLoader.load(AbstractPluginLoader.java:148)
      ...
      

      Attachments

        1. bug.patch
          0.7 kB
          Eric Spishak
        2. SOLR-3446.patch
          2 kB
          Eric Spishak

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