Why do I see a BufferOverflowException when using NIO connectors?

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Issue

  • We have a problem using the org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol. Any client request that provides a Expect: 100-continue header fails to get a response and JBoss gives the following stack trace in the server.log:
ERROR [org.apache.catalina.connector] (http-localhost/127.0.0.1:8080-60) JBWEB001018: An exception or error occurred in the container during the request processing: java.nio.BufferOverflowException
    at java.nio.DirectByteBuffer.put(DirectByteBuffer.java:357) [rt.jar:1.7.0_25]
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractInternalOutputBuffer.commit(AbstractInternalOutputBuffer.java:471) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProcessor.commit(Http11NioProcessor.java:477) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProcessor.action(Http11NioProcessor.java:795) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.coyote.Response.action(Response.java:190) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.coyote.Response.sendHeaders(Response.java:390) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.OutputBuffer.doFlush(OutputBuffer.java:335) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.OutputBuffer.close(OutputBuffer.java:301) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.Response.finishResponse(Response.java:475) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:363) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProcessor.process(Http11NioProcessor.java:350) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11NioProtocol.java:902) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$ChannelProcessor.run(NioEndpoint.java:1031) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145) [rt.jar:1.7.0_25]
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615) [rt.jar:1.7.0_25]
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:724) [rt.jar:1.7.0_25]

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 6.x

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