Fix #3244

release-notes/VERSION-2.x

@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ Project: jackson-databind
 #3238: Add PropertyNamingStrategies.UpperSnakeCaseStrategy (and UPPER_SNAKE_CASE constant)
  (requested by Kenneth J)
  (contributed by Tanvesh)
+#3244: StackOverflowError when serializing JsonProcessingException
+ (reported by saneksanek@github)
 - Fix to avoid problem with `BigDecimalNode`, scale of `Integer.MIN_VALUE` (see
   [dataformats-binary#264] for details)
 - Extend handling of `FAIL_ON_NULL_FOR_PRIMITIVES` to cover coercion from (Empty) String

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/BeanSerializerFactory.java

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIncludeProperties;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.ObjectIdGenerator;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.ObjectIdGenerators;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.TokenStreamFactory;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonTypeInfo.As;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.*;
@@ -20,6 +23,7 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.impl.UnsupportedTypeSerializer;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.MapSerializer;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.StdDelegatingSerializer;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.ToEmptyObjectSerializer;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type.ReferenceType;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util.BeanUtil;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util.ClassUtil;
@@ -380,12 +384,15 @@ protected JsonSerializer<Object> constructBeanOrAddOnSerializer(SerializerProvid
             return prov.getUnknownTypeSerializer(Object.class);
 //            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot create bean serializer for Object.class");
         }
-
         JsonSerializer<?> ser = _findUnsupportedTypeSerializer(prov, type, beanDesc);
         if (ser != null) {
             return (JsonSerializer<Object>) ser;
         }
-
+        // 02-Sep-2021, tatu: [databind#3244] Should not try "proper" serialization of
+        //      things like ObjectMapper, JsonParser or JsonGenerator...
+        if (_isUnserializableJacksonType(prov, type)) {
+            return new ToEmptyObjectSerializer(type);
+        }
         final SerializationConfig config = prov.getConfig();
         BeanSerializerBuilder builder = constructBeanSerializerBuilder(beanDesc);
         builder.setConfig(config);
@@ -854,4 +861,23 @@ protected JsonSerializer<?> _findUnsupportedTypeSerializer(SerializerProvider ct
         }
         return null;
     }
+
+    /* Helper method used for preventing attempts to serialize various Jackson
+     * processor things which are not generally serializable.
+     *
+     * @since 2.13
+     */
+    protected boolean _isUnserializableJacksonType(SerializerProvider ctxt,
+            JavaType type)
+    {
+        final Class<?> raw = type.getRawClass();
+        return ObjectMapper.class.isAssignableFrom(raw)
+                || ObjectReader.class.isAssignableFrom(raw)
+                || ObjectWriter.class.isAssignableFrom(raw)
+                || DatabindContext.class.isAssignableFrom(raw)
+                || TokenStreamFactory.class.isAssignableFrom(raw)
+                || JsonParser.class.isAssignableFrom(raw)
+                || JsonGenerator.class.isAssignableFrom(raw)
+                ;
+    }
 }

src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/exc/ExceptionSerializationTest.java

@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 import java.util.*;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
+
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
+
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.*;
 
 /**
@@ -37,12 +39,12 @@ public NoSerdeConstructor( String strVal ) {
     }
 
     /*
-    /**********************************************************
-    /* Tests
-    /**********************************************************
+    /**********************************************************************
+    /* Test methods
+    /**********************************************************************
      */
 
-    private final ObjectMapper MAPPER = new ObjectMapper();
+    private final ObjectMapper MAPPER = newJsonMapper();
 
     public void testSimple() throws Exception
     {

src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/exc/JacksonExceptionSerializationTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JacksonException;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.BaseMapTest;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+
+public class JacksonExceptionSerializationTest extends BaseMapTest
+{
+    /*
+    /**********************************************************************
+    /* Test methods
+    /**********************************************************************
+     */
+
+    private final ObjectMapper MAPPER = newJsonMapper();
+
+    // [databind#3244]: StackOverflow for basic JsonProcessingException?
+    public void testIssue3244() throws Exception {
+        JacksonException e = null;
+        try {
+            MAPPER.readValue("{ foo ", Map.class);
+            fail("Should not pass");
+        } catch (JacksonException e0) {
+            e = e0;
+        }
+        String json = MAPPER.writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter().writeValueAsString(e);
+//System.err.println("JSON: "+json);
+
+        // Could try proper validation, but for now just ensure we won't crash
+        assertNotNull(json);
+        JsonNode n = MAPPER.readTree(json);
+        assertTrue(n.isObject());
+    }
+}