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[jira] Updated: (JAMES-900) Possible race-condition in MimeMessageCopyOnWriteProxy

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JAMES-900?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Norman Maurer updated JAMES-900:
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    Affects Version/s: 2.3.2
                       3.0-M1
              Summary: Possible race-condition in MimeMessageCopyOnWriteProxy  (was: NullPointerException during local delivery spooling)

MimeMessageCopyOnWriteProxy lacks synchronized keyword on a few methods

> Possible race-condition in MimeMessageCopyOnWriteProxy
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: JAMES-900
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JAMES-900
>             Project: JAMES Server
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: SpoolManager & Processors
>    Affects Versions: 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 3.0-M1
>         Environment: Windows XP, Sun JDK 1.6.0_12, MySQL 5.0 backend
>            Reporter: Amichai Rothman
>             Fix For: 3.0-M2
>
>
> The exception below occurs 1-2 times a day on a server handling between a few hundred and a few thousands of messages per day.
> I took a short look at the code, and it looks like there's a MimeMessageCopyOnWriteProxy wrapping a null message. A few possible causes:
> - MessageReferenceTracker.getWrapped() should be synchronized, as the field is neither final nor volatile and so it's possible that a thread other than the one which creates it will see a null wrapped message.
> - the refCount field is not properly synchronized nor volatile so methods which set/replace its value (private constructor, getWrappedMessageForWriting) may cause some threads to see the new instance and some the old one. this can result in buggy reference counting, which can result in the wrapped message being set to null (when reference count is decreased too much) and then being accessed.
> - a MailImpl is being constructed (or copy-constructed) somewhere with a null message (which is passed on to the proxy class).
> - something completely different.
> The stacktrace from spoolmanager log:
> 25/04/09 02:00:58 ERROR spoolmanager.transport: Exception calling LocalDelivery: Exception spooling message: Exception caught while storing mail Container: 
> javax.mail.MessagingException: Exception spooling message: Exception caught while storing mail Container: ;
>   nested exception is:
> 	javax.mail.MessagingException: Exception caught while storing mail Container: ;
>   nested exception is:
> 	java.lang.NullPointerException
> 	at org.apache.james.James.sendMail(James.java:501)
> 	at org.apache.james.James.sendMail(James.java:454)
> 	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
> 	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
> 	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
> 	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
> 	at org.apache.avalon.phoenix.components.application.BlockInvocationHandler.invoke(BlockInvocationHandler.java:134)
> 	at $Proxy9.sendMail(Unknown Source)
> 	at org.apache.james.transport.mailets.ToMultiRepository.service(ToMultiRepository.java:183)
> 	at org.apache.james.transport.mailets.LocalDelivery.service(LocalDelivery.java:66)
> 	at org.apache.james.transport.LinearProcessor.service(LinearProcessor.java:424)
> 	at org.apache.james.transport.JamesSpoolManager.process(JamesSpoolManager.java:405)
> 	at org.apache.james.transport.JamesSpoolManager.run(JamesSpoolManager.java:309)
> 	at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
> Caused by: javax.mail.MessagingException: Exception caught while storing mail Container: ;
>   nested exception is:
> 	java.lang.NullPointerException
> 	at org.apache.james.mailrepository.JDBCMailRepository.store(JDBCMailRepository.java:764)
> 	at org.apache.james.mailrepository.JDBCSpoolRepository.store(JDBCSpoolRepository.java:240)
> 	at org.apache.james.mailrepository.MailStoreSpoolRepository.store(MailStoreSpoolRepository.java:126)
> 	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor10.invoke(Unknown Source)
> 	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
> 	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
> 	at org.apache.avalon.phoenix.components.application.BlockInvocationHandler.invoke(BlockInvocationHandler.java:134)
> 	at $Proxy5.store(Unknown Source)
> 	at org.apache.james.James.sendMail(James.java:493)
> 	... 13 more
> Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
> 	at org.apache.james.core.MimeMessageUtil.calculateMessageSize(MimeMessageUtil.java:277)
> 	at org.apache.james.core.MimeMessageUtil.getMessageSize(MimeMessageUtil.java:261)
> 	at org.apache.james.core.MimeMessageCopyOnWriteProxy.getMessageSize(MimeMessageCopyOnWriteProxy.java:745)
> 	at org.apache.james.core.MimeMessageUtil.getMessageSize(MimeMessageUtil.java:257)
> 	at org.apache.james.core.MailImpl.getMessageSize(MailImpl.java:372)
> 	at org.apache.james.mailrepository.MessageInputStream.<init>(MessageInputStream.java:53)
> 	at org.apache.james.mailrepository.JDBCMailRepository.store(JDBCMailRepository.java:718)
> 	... 21 more
> javax.mail.MessagingException: Exception caught while storing mail Container: ;
>   nested exception is:
> 	java.lang.NullPointerException
> 	at org.apache.james.mailrepository.JDBCMailRepository.store(JDBCMailRepository.java:764)
> 	at org.apache.james.mailrepository.JDBCSpoolRepository.store(JDBCSpoolRepository.java:240)
> 	at org.apache.james.mailrepository.MailStoreSpoolRepository.store(MailStoreSpoolRepository.java:126)
> 	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor10.invoke(Unknown Source)
> 	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
> 	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
> 	at org.apache.avalon.phoenix.components.application.BlockInvocationHandler.invoke(BlockInvocationHandler.java:134)
> 	at $Proxy5.store(Unknown Source)
> 	at org.apache.james.James.sendMail(James.java:493)
> 	at org.apache.james.James.sendMail(James.java:454)
> 	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
> 	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
> 	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
> 	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
> 	at org.apache.avalon.phoenix.components.application.BlockInvocationHandler.invoke(BlockInvocationHandler.java:134)
> 	at $Proxy9.sendMail(Unknown Source)
> 	at org.apache.james.transport.mailets.ToMultiRepository.service(ToMultiRepository.java:183)
> 	at org.apache.james.transport.mailets.LocalDelivery.service(LocalDelivery.java:66)
> 	at org.apache.james.transport.LinearProcessor.service(LinearProcessor.java:424)
> 	at org.apache.james.transport.JamesSpoolManager.process(JamesSpoolManager.java:405)
> 	at org.apache.james.transport.JamesSpoolManager.run(JamesSpoolManager.java:309)
> 	at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
> Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
> 	at org.apache.james.core.MimeMessageUtil.calculateMessageSize(MimeMessageUtil.java:277)
> 	at org.apache.james.core.MimeMessageUtil.getMessageSize(MimeMessageUtil.java:261)
> 	at org.apache.james.core.MimeMessageCopyOnWriteProxy.getMessageSize(MimeMessageCopyOnWriteProxy.java:745)
> 	at org.apache.james.core.MimeMessageUtil.getMessageSize(MimeMessageUtil.java:257)
> 	at org.apache.james.core.MailImpl.getMessageSize(MailImpl.java:372)
> 	at org.apache.james.mailrepository.MessageInputStream.<init>(MessageInputStream.java:53)
> 	at org.apache.james.mailrepository.JDBCMailRepository.store(JDBCMailRepository.java:718)
> 	... 21 more
> java.lang.NullPointerException
> 	at org.apache.james.core.MimeMessageUtil.calculateMessageSize(MimeMessageUtil.java:277)
> 	at org.apache.james.core.MimeMessageUtil.getMessageSize(MimeMessageUtil.java:261)
> 	at org.apache.james.core.MimeMessageCopyOnWriteProxy.getMessageSize(MimeMessageCopyOnWriteProxy.java:745)
> 	at org.apache.james.core.MimeMessageUtil.getMessageSize(MimeMessageUtil.java:257)
> 	at org.apache.james.core.MailImpl.getMessageSize(MailImpl.java:372)
> 	at org.apache.james.mailrepository.MessageInputStream.<init>(MessageInputStream.java:53)
> 	at org.apache.james.mailrepository.JDBCMailRepository.store(JDBCMailRepository.java:718)
> 	at org.apache.james.mailrepository.JDBCSpoolRepository.store(JDBCSpoolRepository.java:240)
> 	at org.apache.james.mailrepository.MailStoreSpoolRepository.store(MailStoreSpoolRepository.java:126)
> 	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor10.invoke(Unknown Source)
> 	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
> 	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
> 	at org.apache.avalon.phoenix.components.application.BlockInvocationHandler.invoke(BlockInvocationHandler.java:134)
> 	at $Proxy5.store(Unknown Source)
> 	at org.apache.james.James.sendMail(James.java:493)
> 	at org.apache.james.James.sendMail(James.java:454)
> 	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
> 	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
> 	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
> 	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
> 	at org.apache.avalon.phoenix.components.application.BlockInvocationHandler.invoke(BlockInvocationHandler.java:134)
> 	at $Proxy9.sendMail(Unknown Source)
> 	at org.apache.james.transport.mailets.ToMultiRepository.service(ToMultiRepository.java:183)
> 	at org.apache.james.transport.mailets.LocalDelivery.service(LocalDelivery.java:66)
> 	at org.apache.james.transport.LinearProcessor.service(LinearProcessor.java:424)
> 	at org.apache.james.transport.JamesSpoolManager.process(JamesSpoolManager.java:405)
> 	at org.apache.james.transport.JamesSpoolManager.run(JamesSpoolManager.java:309)
> 	at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

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