Snort crashes with lightSPD rules and hyperscan_literals enabled

Hi,
We are seeing snort crash when ran with lightspd rules and hyperscan_literals variable enabled in snort configuration.
Details for the same are provided below.
Stacktrace:
#0  0x0000562779ca5d49 in snort::SnortConfig::post_setup (this=this@entry=0x56277beb9300) at /opt/intel/saiky/http_ngfw/snort3/src/main/snort_config.cc:339
339             if ( s and s->setup(this) )
(gdb) bt
#0  0x0000562779ca5d49 in snort::SnortConfig::post_setup (this=this@entry=0x56277beb9300) at /opt/intel/saiky/http_ngfw/snort3/src/main/snort_config.cc:339
#1  0x0000562779ca25a3 in snort::Snort::init (argc=argc@entry=25, argv=argv@entry=0x7ffd72159ab8) at /opt/intel/saiky/http_ngfw/snort3/src/main/snort.cc:208
#2  0x0000562779ca2b01 in snort::Snort::setup (argc=25, argv=0x7ffd72159ab8) at /opt/intel/saiky/http_ngfw/snort3/src/main/snort.cc:386
#3  0x0000562779be5f23 in main (argc=25, argv=0x7ffd72159ab8) at /opt/intel/saiky/http_ngfw/snort3/src/main.cc:1136
Versions:
snort3_version:"3.1.36.0"
lightspd package link: https://www.snort.org/downloads/registered/Talos_LightSPD.tar.gz


Steps to reproduce the issue:

  *   Download and install snort 3.1.36.0 on ubuntu 22.04
  *   Download lightspd package and unzip it.
     *   Link to download: https://www.snort.org/downloads/registered/Talos_LightSPD.tar.gz
  *   Enable hyperscan_literals variable in conf file lightspd/policies/common/policy_logic.lua

-- all policies

include('baseconfig.lua')

detection.global_default_rule_state = false

detection.hyperscan_literals = true

detection.pcre_to_regex = true

detection.pcre_match_limit = 3500

detection.pcre_match_limit_recursion = 3500

  *   Run snort with balanced policy (Issue is seen with any policy)
     *   snort -A none -c lightspd/policies/3.1.0.0-0/balanced-security-and-connectivity.lua  -R lightspd/rules/3.0.0.0/includes.rules -r entmix_stripped.pcap

We are able to narrowed down the issue. The crash is seen only with following 3 rules present in rules file, when hyperscan_literals variable enabled in conf file. Could you please check this issue.

  *   lightspd/rules/3.0.0.0/ snort3-malware-cnc.rules
     *   alert http ( msg:"MALWARE-CNC Win.Trojan.Prometei variant outbound connection"; flow:to_server; http_uri:path; content:"/k.php",fast_pattern,nocase; http_param:"B",nocase; content:"_AMD64",nocase; metadata:impact_flag red,policy max-det     ect-ips drop,policy security-ips drop; reference:url,blog.talosintelligence.com/prometei-botnet-and-its-quest-for-monero; classtype:trojan-activity; gid:1; sid:61429; rev:1; )
  *   lightspd/rules/3.0.0.0/ snort3-server-webapp.rules
     *   alert http ( msg:"SERVER-WEBAPP Forta GoAnywhere MFT remote code execution attempt"; flow:to_server,established; http_uri; content:"/goanywhere/lic/accept",fast_pattern,nocase; http_param:"bundle"; content:"Jh88_jqGQWSbZmiCc1DErQhwOhCTL     kYm",depth 32; metadata:policy max-detect-ips drop,policy security-ips drop; reference:cve,2023-0669; classtype:attempted-admin; gid:1; sid:300442; rev:1; )
     *   5791 # alert http ( msg:"SERVER-WEBAPP Forta GoAnywhere MFT remote code execution attempt"; flow:to_server,established; http_uri; content:"/goanywhere/lic/accept",fast_pattern,nocase; http_param:"bundle"; content:"_ejELN_Z2eeHN2I455gixeLf7eWn7     bzd",depth 32; metadata:policy max-detect-ips drop,policy security-ips drop; reference:cve,2023-0669; classtype:attempted-admin; gid:1; sid:300443; rev:1; )

No Crash seen in following scenarios

  *   Enable hyperscan_literals and comment out above 3 rules.
  *   Disable hyperscan_literals and uncomment above 3 rules.

Crash seen only when hyperscan_literals enabled with above rules present in rules file.

Regards,
Sai.

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