JBoss EAP 7 can fail to process a request due to "IllegalArgumentException: Comparison method violates its general contract!" when many filter-ref are defined in undertow subsystem

Issue

When many <filter-ref> settings are defined in the undertow subsystem, "500 Internal Server Error" is returned to the request due to "IllegalArgumentException: Comparison method violates its general contract!"

ERROR [io.undertow.request] (default I/O-12) UT005071: Undertow request failed HttpServerExchange{ GET /}: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Comparison method violates its general contract!
    at java.util.TimSort.mergeLo(TimSort.java:777)
    at java.util.TimSort.mergeAt(TimSort.java:514)
    at java.util.TimSort.mergeCollapse(TimSort.java:441)
    at java.util.TimSort.sort(TimSort.java:245)
    at java.util.Arrays.sort(Arrays.java:1512)
    at java.util.ArrayList.sort(ArrayList.java:1462)
    at org.wildfly.extension.undertow.LocationService.configureHandlerChain(LocationService.java:93)
    at org.wildfly.extension.undertow.Host.configureRootHandler(Host.java:174)
    at org.wildfly.extension.undertow.Host.getOrCreateRootHandler(Host.java:263)
    at org.wildfly.extension.undertow.Host$HostRootHandler.handleRequest(Host.java:430)
    at io.undertow.server.handlers.NameVirtualHostHandler.handleRequest(NameVirtualHostHandler.java:54)
    at io.undertow.server.handlers.error.SimpleErrorPageHandler.handleRequest(SimpleErrorPageHandler.java:78)
    at io.undertow.server.handlers.CanonicalPathHandler.handleRequest(CanonicalPathHandler.java:49)
    at org.wildfly.extension.undertow.Server$DefaultHostHandler.handleRequest(Server.java:190)
    at io.undertow.server.handlers.ChannelUpgradeHandler.handleRequest(ChannelUpgradeHandler.java:211)
    at io.undertow.server.protocol.http2.Http2UpgradeHandler.handleRequest(Http2UpgradeHandler.java:102)
    at io.undertow.server.handlers.DisallowedMethodsHandler.handleRequest(DisallowedMethodsHandler.java:61)
    at io.undertow.server.Connectors.executeRootHandler(Connectors.java:370)
    at io.undertow.server.protocol.http.HttpReadListener.handleEventWithNoRunningRequest(HttpReadListener.java:255)
    at io.undertow.server.protocol.http.HttpReadListener.handleEvent(HttpReadListener.java:136)
    at io.undertow.server.protocol.http.HttpOpenListener.handleEvent(HttpOpenListener.java:162)
    at io.undertow.server.protocol.http.HttpOpenListener.handleEvent(HttpOpenListener.java:100)
    at io.undertow.server.protocol.http.HttpOpenListener.handleEvent(HttpOpenListener.java:57)
    at org.xnio.ChannelListeners.invokeChannelListener(ChannelListeners.java:92)
    at org.xnio.ChannelListeners$10.handleEvent(ChannelListeners.java:291)
    at org.xnio.ChannelListeners$10.handleEvent(ChannelListeners.java:286)
    at org.xnio.ChannelListeners.invokeChannelListener(ChannelListeners.java:92)
    at org.xnio.nio.QueuedNioTcpServer2.acceptTask(QueuedNioTcpServer2.java:178)
    at org.xnio.nio.WorkerThread.safeRun(WorkerThread.java:612)
    at org.xnio.nio.WorkerThread.run(WorkerThread.java:479)