FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.5.0_05"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_05-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 1.5.0_05-b05, mixed mode)


ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Linux p3 2.6.9-22.ELsmp #1 SMP Mon Sep 19 18:32:14 EDT 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
When looking up web64.miraclehosting.com, which has 123 ip addresses, I was getting segfaults. It took me a while to realize that my small stack size was causing a problem in glibc code. I was getting core dumps, which weren't caught by the jre handler that usually catches them, and it took me a long time to figure out what was going on. Now that I know the workaround is obvious, but without the StackOverflowError (or an OutOfMemoryError) It took me over a week to figure out.

Thanks to Jakub Jelinek at Redhat for helping me figure this out.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
java -Xss60k InetOverflow web64.miraclehosting.com


ACTUAL -
(gdb) bt
#0 *__GI_getaddrinfo (name=0x81e0a50 "web64.miraclehosting.com",
service=0x7d77ac8a "domain", hints=0x7c6646f4, pai=0x7c6646f0)
    at ../sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c:1593
#1 0x7d76ef08 in Java_java_net_Inet6AddressImpl_lookupAllHostAddr () from
/usr/local/jdk1.5.0_05/jre/lib/i386/libnet.so
#2 0xb22b6838 in ?? ()
#3 0x7b6ea55c in ?? ()
#4 0x7c664780 in ?? ()
#5 0x7c66477c in ?? ()
#6 0x7c664750 in ?? ()
#7 0x00000000 in ?? ()

ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
Segmentation fault (core dumped)


REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
public final class InetOverflow {
    public static void main(final String[] args)throws Exception {
        for(int i = 0; i < args.length; i++){
            java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName(args[i]);
        }
    }
}

---------- END SOURCE ----------

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
Make sure to use large stack sizes.