Name: gm110360 Date: 02/17/2004


FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.5.0-beta"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0-beta-b32c)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0-beta-b32c, mixed mode)

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
I was following the Java Security Tutotial at

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/security1.2/tour1/index.html

It work with

java version "1.4.2"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2-b28)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2-b28, mixed mode)

but not java 1.5.0.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
1, Add the following into $(HOME)\.java.policy file

grant codeBase "http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/security1.2/tour1/example-1dot2/" {
  permission java.io.FilePermission "writetest", "write";
};

2, Type the follwoing,

appletviewer http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/security1.2/tour1/example-1dot2/WriteFile.html



EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Successfully wrote to the file named writetest-- go take a look at it!
ACTUAL -
java.lang.StackOverflowError exception.

ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
java.lang.StackOverflowError
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at
sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.<init>(HttpURLConnection.java:465)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.Handler.openConnection(Handler.java:44)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.Handler.openConnection(Handler.java:39)
at java.net.URL.openConnection(URL.java:943)
at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile.canonicalizeCodebase(PolicyFile.java:1773)
at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile.access+600(PolicyFile.java:262)
at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile+4.run(PolicyFile.java:1259)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile.getPermissions(PolicyFile.java:1255)
at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile.getPermissions(PolicyFile.java:1203)
at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile.implies(PolicyFile.java:1158)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain.implies(ProtectionDomain.java:195)
at
java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(AccessControlContext.java:249)
at java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(AccessController.java:401)
at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(SecurityManager.java:524)
at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkConnect(SecurityManager.java:1023)
at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName0(InetAddress.java:1116)
at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName0(InetAddress.java:1097)
at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName(InetAddress.java:1060)
at java.net.InetAddress.getByName(InetAddress.java:957)
at java.net.URLStreamHandler.getHostAddress(URLStreamHandler.java:409)
at java.net.URLStreamHandler.hostsEqual(URLStreamHandler.java:427)
at java.net.URLStreamHandler.sameFile(URLStreamHandler.java:374)
at java.net.URLStreamHandler.equals(URLStreamHandler.java:307)
at java.net.URL.equals(URL.java:840)
at java.security.CodeSource.matchLocation(CodeSource.java:362)
at java.security.CodeSource.implies(CodeSource.java:289)
at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile.addPermissions(PolicyFile.java:1350)
at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile.getPermissions(PolicyFile.java:1299)
at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile.getPermissions(PolicyFile.java:1262)
at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile.getPermissions(PolicyFile.java:1203)
at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile.implies(PolicyFile.java:1158)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain.implies(ProtectionDomain.java:195)
at
java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(AccessControlContext.java:249)
at java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(AccessController.java:401)
at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(SecurityManager.java:524)
at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkConnect(SecurityManager.java:1023)
at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName0(InetAddress.java:1116)
at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName0(InetAddress.java:1097)
at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName(InetAddress.java:1060)
at java.net.InetAddress.getByName(InetAddress.java:957)
at java.net.URLStreamHandler.getHostAddress(URLStreamHandler.java:409)
at java.net.URLStreamHandler.hostsEqual(URLStreamHandler.java:427)
at java.net.URLStreamHandler.sameFile(URLStreamHandler.java:374)
at java.net.URLStreamHandler.equals(URLStreamHandler.java:307)
at java.net.URL.equals(URL.java:840)
at java.security.CodeSource.matchLocation(CodeSource.java:362)
at java.security.CodeSource.implies(CodeSource.java:289)
at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile.addPermissions(PolicyFile.java:1350)
at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile.getPermissions(PolicyFile.java:1299)
at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile.getPermissions(PolicyFile.java:1262)
at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile.getPermissions(PolicyFile.java:1203)
at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile.implies(PolicyFile.java:1158)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain.implies(ProtectionDomain.java:195)
at
java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(AccessControlContext.java:249)
at java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(AccessController.java:401)
at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(SecurityManager.java:524)
at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkConnect(SecurityManager.java:1023)
at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName0(InetAddress.java:1116)
at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName0(InetAddress.java:1097)
at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName(InetAddress.java:1060)
at java.net.InetAddress.getByName(InetAddress.java:957)
at java.net.URLStreamHandler.getHostAddress(URLStreamHandler.java:409)
at java.net.URLStreamHandler.hostsEqual(URLStreamHandler.java:427)
at java.net.URLStreamHandler.sameFile(URLStreamHandler.java:374)
at java.net.URLStreamHandler.equals(URLStreamHandler.java:307)
at java.net.URL.equals(URL.java:840)

...

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.
(Incident Review ID: 238775)
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