Cleaner and more correct to use ByteBufs directly.

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/MinecraftVarintFrameDecoder.java

@@ -11,27 +11,25 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 public class MinecraftVarintFrameDecoder extends ByteToMessageDecoder {
 
-  private final byte[] lenBuf = new byte[3];
-
   @Override
   protected void decode(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, ByteBuf in, List<Object> out) throws Exception {
     if (!in.isReadable()) {
       return;
     }
 
-    Arrays.fill(lenBuf, (byte) 0);
+    ByteBuf lenBuf = ctx.alloc().buffer(3);
     int origReaderIndex = in.readerIndex();
-
+    try {
-    ByteBuf wrappedBuf = Unpooled.wrappedBuffer(lenBuf);
+      for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
-    for (int i = 0; i < lenBuf.length; i++) {
         if (!in.isReadable()) {
           in.readerIndex(origReaderIndex);
           return;
         }
 
-      lenBuf[i] = in.readByte();
+        byte read = in.readByte();
-      if (lenBuf[i] > 0) {
+        lenBuf.writeByte(read);
-        int packetLength = ProtocolUtils.readVarInt(wrappedBuf);
+        if (read > 0) {
+          int packetLength = ProtocolUtils.readVarInt(lenBuf.slice());
           if (packetLength == 0) {
             return;
           }
@@ -47,5 +45,8 @@ public class MinecraftVarintFrameDecoder extends ByteToMessageDecoder {
       }
 
       throw new CorruptedFrameException("VarInt too big");
+    } finally {
+      lenBuf.release();
+    }
   }
 }