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storm-0001: Fields constructor duplicate check — List.contains() O(n²)

Target: Apache Storm File: storm-client/src/jvm/org/apache/storm/tuple/Fields.java CWE: CWE-407 — Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity Severity: MEDIUM Status: PATCHED

Description

The Fields(List<String>) constructor checks for duplicate field names using this.fields.contains(field) where fields is an ArrayList<String>. The loop over n fields each calls contains() on a growing ArrayList — worst-case O(n²) for a fully-unique field list.

// storm-client/.../tuple/Fields.java  line 35-44
private List<String> fields;                       // ArrayList<String>
private Map<String, Integer> index = new HashMap<>();

public Fields(List<String> fields) {
    this.fields = new ArrayList<>(fields.size());
    for (String field : fields) {
        if (this.fields.contains(field)) {          // O(n) per iteration → O(n²) total
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                String.format("duplicate field '%s'", field));
        }
        this.fields.add(field);
    }
    index();   // builds the HashMap index AFTER the loop
}

index is built after construction. The fix is to use index (which is populated incrementally) for the duplicate check, converting the O(n²) constructor to O(n).

Fix

Check index.containsKey(field) instead of this.fields.contains(field) and add to index inline. The existing index() call at the end becomes a no-op or is removed.

Patch

defects/storm/patch/storm-0001.patch

Unit Test

defects/storm/unit/StormFieldsDedupTest.java