Fix(apache#3239) NPE, for RegexFilter creator.

log4j-core-test/src/test/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/filter/RegexFilterTest.java

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertDoesNotThrow;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertSame;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
@@ -39,6 +40,13 @@ static void before() {
         StatusLogger.getLogger().setLevel(Level.OFF);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testRegexFilterDoesNotThrowWithAllTheParametersExceptRegexEqualNull() {
+        assertDoesNotThrow(() -> {
+            RegexFilter.createFilter(".* test .*", null, null, null, null);
+        });
+    }
+
     @Test
     void testThresholds() throws Exception {
         RegexFilter filter = RegexFilter.createFilter(".* test .*", null, false, null, null);

log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/filter/RegexFilter.java

@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ public static RegexFilter createFilter(
             LOGGER.error("A regular expression must be provided for RegexFilter");
             return null;
         }
-        return new RegexFilter(useRawMsg, Pattern.compile(regex, toPatternFlags(patternFlags)), match, mismatch);
+        return new RegexFilter(
+                Boolean.TRUE.equals(useRawMsg), Pattern.compile(regex, toPatternFlags(patternFlags)), match, mismatch);
     }
 
     private static int toPatternFlags(final String[] patternFlags)

src/changelog/2.24.3/3239_npe_fix_regex_filter_creator.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+       xmlns="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns"
+       xsi:schemaLocation="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns/log4j-changelog-0.xsd"
+       type="fixed">
+    <issue id="3239" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/3239"/>
+    <description format="asciidoc">
+        Fix for RegexCreator NPE, the constructor expects a boolean primitive,
+        but the createFilter static method was boxed. Fixed that to remove the NPE issues.
+    </description>
+</entry>