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[BUG] Parquet reader can use an uninitialized required BINARY length under a null ancestor #23755

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19 changes: 17 additions & 2 deletions cpp/src/io/parquet/page_decode.cuh
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Expand Up @@ -1479,12 +1479,27 @@ __device__ void zero_fill_null_positions_shared(

// nesting level that is storing actual leaf values
int const leaf_level_index = s->setup.col.max_nesting_depth - 1;
auto const& ni = s->nesting.nesting_info[leaf_level_index];
auto const& leaf_ni = s->nesting.nesting_info[leaf_level_index];

// A required Parquet leaf can be absent because one of its ancestors is optional. Since with RMM,
// the reader reader can leave the validity map associated w/the ancestor unwritten, this code
// zero-fills the gap rows by borrowing the nearest ancestor's validity bitmap instead.
auto const& ni = [&]() -> PageNestingDecodeInfo const& {
if (leaf_ni.valid_map != nullptr) { return leaf_ni; }
if (s->setup.col.max_level[level_type::REPETITION] != 0) { return leaf_ni; }
for (int idx = leaf_level_index - 1; idx >= 0; --idx) {
auto const& ancestor_ni = s->nesting.nesting_info[idx];
if (ancestor_ni.valid_map != nullptr) { return ancestor_ni; }
}
return leaf_ni;
}();

// Check if we have nulls to fill
if ((ni.valid_map == nullptr) || (num_values == 0)) { return; }

auto const data_out = ni.data_out;
if (&ni != &leaf_ni) { valid_map_offset = ni.valid_map_offset; }

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Use the ancestor validity-map start offset.

ni.valid_map_offset is incremented while validity bits are emitted at Lines 866-872. This fallback runs after that processing, so Line 1505 selects the end offset instead of the offset for the current output range. The helper can read validity bits from later rows and zero-fill valid leaf values.

Save the selected ancestor offset before level decoding advances it, then pass that saved offset to this helper. Do not replace it with the mutable final offset here.

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In `@cpp/src/io/parquet/page_decode.cuh` at line 1505, Preserve the ancestor
validity-map start offset before level decoding mutates ni.valid_map_offset, and
use that saved value in the fallback around the validity-map helper instead of
the mutable final offset. Keep leaf_ni’s existing offset behavior unchanged.


auto const data_out = leaf_ni.data_out;

constexpr int bits_per_mask = cudf::detail::size_in_bits<bitmask_type>();
using cudf::detail::warp_size;
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