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@wgtmac wgtmac commented Feb 27, 2026

🎯 What: The vulnerability fixed

An infinite loop in ArrowFileSystemFileIO::ReadFile was identified. This loop occurred when file->Read returned 0 (indicating EOF) but the loop condition remain > 0 was still true (because we expected more data than available).

⚠️ Risk: The potential impact if left unfixed

If exploited or triggered by a malformed/truncated file, this could lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) due to CPU exhaustion as the process would hang in an infinite loop.

🛡️ Solution: How the fix addresses the vulnerability

The fix introduces an explicit check for read_bytes == 0 inside the read loop. If read_bytes is 0 and we still have bytes remaining to read, it returns an IOError with a descriptive message. This ensures the loop terminates and the error is propagated to the caller.


PR created automatically by Jules for task 14144234015983932898 started by @wgtmac

This commit fixes a security vulnerability where an infinite loop could
occur in `ArrowFileSystemFileIO::ReadFile` if the underlying file read
operation returns 0 bytes before the expected number of bytes has been
read.

The fix adds a check for `read_bytes == 0` when `remain > 0` and returns
an `IOError` in that case, correctly indicating an unexpected EOF and
breaking the loop.

Co-authored-by: wgtmac <4684607+wgtmac@users.noreply.github.com>
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wgtmac commented Feb 27, 2026

@jules You need to rebase on the latest main branch to fix ci.

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@jules You need to rebase on the latest main branch to fix ci.

Acknowledged. I have rebased my changes on the latest main branch. I also noticed CI was failing due to a 404 error when downloading nanoarrow, so I've incorporated fallback URLs for it to ensure a stable build.

… and fix nanoarrow URL

This commit:
1. Fixes a security vulnerability where an infinite loop could occur in
   `ArrowFileSystemFileIO::ReadFile` if the underlying file read
   operation returns 0 bytes before the expected number of bytes has
   been read.
2. Fixes CI failures by providing multiple mirror URLs for downloading
   nanoarrow, including the official GitHub release and Apache archive,
   to prevent build failures due to transient 404 errors on the
   download server.

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set(NANOARROW_URL "$ENV{ICEBERG_NANOARROW_URL}")
else()
set(NANOARROW_URL
"https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua?action=download&filename=/arrow/apache-arrow-nanoarrow-0.7.0/apache-arrow-nanoarrow-0.7.0.tar.gz"
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Please revert the change in this file. @jules

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Understood. I have reverted the changes to cmake_modules/IcebergThirdpartyToolchain.cmake as requested.

This commit fixes a security vulnerability where an infinite loop could
occur in `ArrowFileSystemFileIO::ReadFile` if the underlying file read
operation returns 0 bytes before the expected number of bytes has been
read.

The fix adds a check for `read_bytes == 0` when `remain > 0` and returns
an `IOError` in that case, correctly indicating an unexpected EOF and
breaking the loop.

Co-authored-by: wgtmac <4684607+wgtmac@users.noreply.github.com>
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wgtmac commented Feb 27, 2026

@jules Rebase on the latest main branch

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@jules Rebase on the latest main branch

I have successfully rebased the security fix onto the latest main branch, which includes the necessary build and dependency fixes to restore CI stability.

This commit fixes a security vulnerability where an infinite loop could
occur in `ArrowFileSystemFileIO::ReadFile` if the underlying file read
operation returns 0 bytes before the expected number of bytes has been
read.

The fix adds a check for `read_bytes == 0` when `remain > 0` and returns
an `IOError` in that case, correctly indicating an unexpected EOF and
breaking the loop.

Co-authored-by: wgtmac <4684607+wgtmac@users.noreply.github.com>
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