Crash on brave://settings

[SergeyZhukovsky]

Description

Android started to crash when trying to get to the above page. It started to happen from 1.52.107. 1.52.103 doesn't have that problem. It looks like chromium 114 update regression

Steps to reproduce

1. Install Brave 1.52.107 and higher.
2. Navigate to brave://settings

@vlad-hoff @Uni-verse please see brave/brave-core#18916 (comment) for additional STR/Cases.

Actual result

Brave closes

Expected result

Brave says the URL is invalid

Issue reproduces how often

Version/Channel Information:

• Can you reproduce this issue with the current Play Store version? Yes
• Can you reproduce this issue with the current Play Store Beta version? Yes
• Can you reproduce this issue with the current Play Store Nightly version? Yes

Device details

• Install type (ARM, x86): any
• Device type (Phone, Tablet, Phablet): any
• Android version: any

Brave version

1.52.107

Website problems only

• Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Shields?
• Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Rewards?
• Is the issue reproducible on the latest version of Chrome?

Additional information

[kjozwiak]

The above requires 1.53.101 or higher for 1.53.x verification 👍

[hffvld]

Verified on Pixel 7 using version(s):

Device/OS: Pixel 7 [panther_beta-user 14 UPB3.230519.008 release-keys]
Brave build: 1.53.102
Chromium: 114.0.5735.133 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Revision: fbfa2ce68d01b2201d8c667c2e73f648a61c4f4a-refs/branch-heads/5735@{#1270}

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STEPS:

1. Launch Brave
2. Open following URLs and verify results

ACTUAL RESULTS:

• Verified that loading brave://settings redirects to chrome://settings and displays an error page
• Verified that loading brave://welcome redirects to chrome://welcome and displays an error page
• Verified that brave://rewards opens/launches the rewards settings page without issues
• Verified that brave://adblock opens/launches the Adblock page without any issues
• Verified that brave://about loads the List of Brave URLs page without any issues
• Verified that brave://version loads

brave://settings	brave://welcome	brave://rewards
brave://adblock	brave://about	brave://version