Middleware: Exception in DeveloperProblemDetails.GetErrors() while executing the problem details middleware

I sometimes get the following exception in my server log:

An exception was thrown attempting to execute the problem details middleware.
System.BadImageFormatException: Invalid directory size.
   bei System.Reflection.PortableExecutable.PEReader.ReadDebugDirectory()
   bei Microsoft.Extensions.StackTrace.Sources.PortablePdbReader.GetPdbPath(String assemblyPath)
   bei Microsoft.Extensions.StackTrace.Sources.PortablePdbReader.GetMetadataReader(String assemblyPath)
   bei Microsoft.Extensions.StackTrace.Sources.PortablePdbReader.PopulateStackFrame(StackFrameInfo frameInfo, MethodBase method, Int32 IlOffset)
   bei Microsoft.Extensions.StackTrace.Sources.StackTraceHelper.GetFrames(Exception exception)
   bei Microsoft.Extensions.StackTrace.Sources.ExceptionDetailsProvider.<GetDetails>d__3.MoveNext()
   bei Hellang.Middleware.ProblemDetails.DeveloperProblemDetails.<GetErrors>d__4.MoveNext()
   bei System.Collections.Generic.List`1..ctor(IEnumerable`1 collection)
   bei System.Linq.Enumerable.ToList[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source)
   bei Hellang.Middleware.ProblemDetails.DeveloperProblemDetails..ctor(ExceptionProblemDetails problem, IEnumerable`1 details)
   bei Hellang.Middleware.ProblemDetails.ProblemDetailsMiddleware.GetDetails(HttpContext context, Exception error)

I’m not sure how to reproduce it, but from reading the stack trace I have an idea what might happen:

The top methods of the exception call stack indicate that it crashes while reading a PDB file. The problem I see here is that that class name indicates that it tries to read a portable PDB. But my application is running ASP.NET Core 2.2 on the full .NET Framework 4.7.1 since some used libraries are not available as .NET Core or .NET Standard builds. Those libraries also use non-portable PDB files. So I assume the crash happens because it tries to read a non-portable PDB file assuming it is a portable one.

I’m using ProblemDetails package version 3.1.0.

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Created 5 years ago
Comments: 16 (8 by maintainers)

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I’ve now created the issue: https://github.com/aspnet/AspNetCore/issues/14609

Nice! That’s a really well written issue! ✨

Did you already decide if you will also handle the exception in ProblemDetails?

It really depends on how fast it’s fixed upstream. Since it’s just a source package, I can easily pull the latest from MyGet and ship a new version without making source changes to the middleware itself. I’ll see if maybe I can fix it myself and send a PR upstream.

khellang on Oct 1, 2019

Doesn’t look like it’s gotten to reading pdb yet, but throws while reading the dll to get the debug directory info.

I looked quickly at the code wondering if there was something letting go of the PE memory, but it looks ok.

The next thing I’d want to try would be to inspect the dll to see if it is in fact corrupted. Are you able to debug and determine what assemblyPath parameter is here?

Cc @tmat

nguerrera on Sep 26, 2019