[jira] [Commented] (LOG4J2-936) Erroneously conjoined log events

["Michael Nussbaum (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Michael Nussbaum commented on LOG4J2-936:
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Remko Popma: Any further feedback?

> Erroneously conjoined log events
> --------------------------------
>
>                 Key: LOG4J2-936
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-936
>             Project: Log4j 2
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Appenders
>    Affects Versions: 2.0, 2.1
>            Reporter: Michael Nussbaum
>              Labels: rfc5426, syslog
>         Attachments: patchfile.txt, patchfile.txt
>
>
> There is a race condition in the {{AbstractOutputStreamAppender}} that allows two log events to be sent in the same UDP package during concurrent log writes, thereby combining them into a single log event of output. This is an issue at least for the {{SyslogAppender}}, as only the first of the two lines will be parsed and templated correctly by services like rsyslog. 
> Currently, the {{AbstractOutputStreamAppender}} uses a read lock in its {{append}} method to lock around writes and flushes to the log manager. However, two threads may acquire the read lock, write simultaneously to the log manager and then trigger a manager flush. Since the {{DatagramOutputStream}} only sends packets upon receiving the flush method this will cause two log events to go into a single UDP package, which violates [RFC 5426 spec|https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5426#section-3.1].
> One option to fix the bug is to change the read lock used in the {{append}} method to be a write lock. This seems to match the intention of the code, and I'm curious as to why a read lock was used originally.



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