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A 53-byte stream naming the zone Ser delegate, with a standard transition count of Integer.MAX_VALUE (JDK 11, -Xmx256m):

java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Requested array size exceeds VM limit
    at org.threeten.bp.zone.StandardZoneRules.readExternal(StandardZoneRules.java:257)
    at org.threeten.bp.zone.Ser.readInternal(Ser.java:139)
    at org.threeten.bp.zone.Ser.readExternal(Ser.java:128)

Found by reading the zone serialisation code after #217. readExternal sizes its three arrays from counts taken straight off the stream, and as the allocation is not made by ObjectInputStream, a serial filter with maxarray does not see it either. The JDK's ZoneRules.readExternal rejects counts above 1024, 1024 and 16, so I think the backport should do the same; this uses the same limits and messages. The largest counts in the bundled TZDB are 17, 282 and 2.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Invalid or excessively large time-zone rule data is now rejected before memory is allocated for it, improving reliability when reading serialized data.
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    • Added coverage to verify that oversized transition and recurring-rule data is rejected.

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StandardZoneRules.readExternal now rejects serialized transition counts above 1,024 and recurring-rule counts above 16 before allocating arrays. Tests verify that each excessive count raises InvalidObjectException.

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Serialized zone-rule validation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Count limits and serialization tests
src/main/java/org/threeten/bp/zone/StandardZoneRules.java, src/test/java/org/threeten/bp/zone/TestStandardZoneRules.java
readExternal rejects standard and savings transition counts above 1,024 and recurring-rule counts above 16 before array allocation. Tests assert that payloads above each limit raise InvalidObjectException.

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Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to b872c

Oversized counts are now rejected before any allocation, which fixes the reported OutOfMemoryError. Malformed streams with negative counts still fail with an unchecked exception rather than InvalidObjectException. The fix is a one-line change per check, so the risk of merging is low.

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Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to b872c

The new limits reduce memory-exhaustion exposure without adding entrypoints or privileges. Remaining uncertainty concerns custom serialized data that exceeds the limits and how consuming applications expose deserialization.

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No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — A party controlling serialized bytes admitted to these existing readers could previously request allocations large enough to threaten the consuming JVM's memory. The PR bounds those per-rule allocations. Remote reachability, tenant scope and privileges needed to supply such bytes depend on consuming applications and are not established here.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — Validation resides in the allocation-owning decoder and therefore covers both delegate deserialization and TZDB rule decoding. It limits record size; it does not authenticate the data source or change authorization responsibilities.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • inferred — Failed decoding does not publish a partially constructed rule: arrays remain local, delegate object assignment follows successful decoding, and the TZDB cache is updated only after Ser.read succeeds. Failed lazy decoding leaves encoded bytes available for another attempt and surfaces a ZoneRulesException. Concurrent lookups may duplicate decoding, but successful cache writes contain complete rules.
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Review comments at @src/main/java/org/threeten/bp/zone/StandardZoneRules.java:
- Around line 281-283: Update the ruleSize validation in StandardZoneRules to
reject negative values as well as values above 16, ensuring invalid serialized
input throws InvalidObjectException before allocating the
ZoneOffsetTransitionRule array.
- Around line 257-259: Update the stdSize and savSize validation in
StandardZoneRules deserialization to reject values below zero as well as values
above 1,024, throwing InvalidObjectException before either count is used for
array allocation.

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Comment on lines +257 to +259
if (stdSize > 1024) {
throw new InvalidObjectException("Too many transitions");
}

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Reject negative counts as well as counts above 1,024.

The checks only test the upper bound. A negative stdSize or savSize passes the check. new long[stdSize] then throws NegativeArraySizeException, which is a runtime exception and not an IOException. The serialization contract expects InvalidObjectException. The same problem applies to savSize.

The stdSize + 1 array is also affected. A value of -1 makes the long[] allocation throw before that point.

Proposed fix
-        if (stdSize > 1024) {
+        if (stdSize < 0 || stdSize > 1024) {
-        if (savSize > 1024) {
+        if (savSize < 0 || savSize > 1024) {

Also applies to: 269-271

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Review comment at @src/main/java/org/threeten/bp/zone/StandardZoneRules.java
around lines 257 - 259:
Update the stdSize and savSize validation in StandardZoneRules deserialization
to reject values below zero as well as values above 1,024, throwing
InvalidObjectException before either count is used for array allocation.

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Comment on lines +281 to +283
if (ruleSize > 16) {
throw new InvalidObjectException("Too many transition rules");
}

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Reject a negative ruleSize.

in.readByte() returns a signed value, so ruleSize can be negative. The ruleSize > 16 check passes it. new ZoneOffsetTransitionRule[ruleSize] then throws NegativeArraySizeException, not InvalidObjectException.

Proposed fix
-        if (ruleSize > 16) {
+        if (ruleSize < 0 || ruleSize > 16) {
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if (ruleSize > 16) {
throw new InvalidObjectException("Too many transition rules");
}
if (ruleSize < 0 || ruleSize > 16) {
throw new InvalidObjectException("Too many transition rules");
}
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Review comment at @src/main/java/org/threeten/bp/zone/StandardZoneRules.java
around lines 281 - 283:
Update the ruleSize validation in StandardZoneRules to reject negative values as
well as values above 16, ensuring invalid serialized input throws
InvalidObjectException before allocating the ZoneOffsetTransitionRule array.

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