Pass the proper type when uploading files. (#11927)

The Content-Length header should be treated as an int, not
a string. This shouldn't have any user-facing change.

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/changelog.d/11927.misc b/changelog.d/11927.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..22c58521c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/11927.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Use the proper type for the Content-Length header in the `UploadResource`.
diff --git a/synapse/rest/media/v1/upload_resource.py b/synapse/rest/media/v1/upload_resource.py
index 8162094cf6..fde28d08cb 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/media/v1/upload_resource.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/media/v1/upload_resource.py
@@ -49,10 +49,14 @@ class UploadResource(DirectServeJsonResource):
 
     async def _async_render_POST(self, request: SynapseRequest) -> None:
         requester = await self.auth.get_user_by_req(request)
-        content_length = request.getHeader("Content-Length")
-        if content_length is None:
+        raw_content_length = request.getHeader("Content-Length")
+        if raw_content_length is None:
             raise SynapseError(msg="Request must specify a Content-Length", code=400)
-        if int(content_length) > self.max_upload_size:
+        try:
+            content_length = int(raw_content_length)
+        except ValueError:
+            raise SynapseError(msg="Content-Length value is invalid", code=400)
+        if content_length > self.max_upload_size:
             raise SynapseError(
                 msg="Upload request body is too large",
                 code=413,
@@ -66,7 +70,8 @@ class UploadResource(DirectServeJsonResource):
                 upload_name: Optional[str] = upload_name_bytes.decode("utf8")
             except UnicodeDecodeError:
                 raise SynapseError(
-                    msg="Invalid UTF-8 filename parameter: %r" % (upload_name), code=400
+                    msg="Invalid UTF-8 filename parameter: %r" % (upload_name_bytes,),
+                    code=400,
                 )
 
         # If the name is falsey (e.g. an empty byte string) ensure it is None.