FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.7.0_02-ea"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_02-ea-b08)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 22.0-b06, mixed mode, sharing)

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
The AtomicIntegerFieldUpdater and AtomicReferenceFieldUpdater classes cannot be constructed when a SecurityManager is installed. It fails with:

java.security.AccessControlException: access denied ("java.lang.RuntimePermission" "accessDeclaredMembers")

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Call AtomicIntegerFieldUpdater.newUpdater when launching java with the -Djava.security.manager argument.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Expected result is a new AtomicIntegerFieldUpdater.
ACTUAL -
Actual result is a SecurityException, wrapped by a RuntimeException.

ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.security.AccessControlException: access denied ("java.lang.RuntimePermission" "accessDeclaredMembers")
        at java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicIntegerFieldUpdater$AtomicIntegerFieldUpdaterImpl.<init>(AtomicIntegerFieldUpdater.java:283)
        at java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicIntegerFieldUpdater.newUpdater(AtomicIntegerFieldUpdater.java:73)
        at dirmi.SecurityBug.<clinit>(SecurityBug.java:10)
Caused by: java.security.AccessControlException: access denied ("java.lang.RuntimePermission" "accessDeclaredMembers")
        at java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(AccessControlContext.java:366)
        at java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(AccessController.java:555)
        at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(SecurityManager.java:549)
        at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkMemberAccess(SecurityManager.java:1679)
        at java.lang.Class.checkMemberAccess(Class.java:2174)
        at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredField(Class.java:1896)
        at java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicIntegerFieldUpdater$AtomicIntegerFieldUpdaterImpl.<init>(AtomicIntegerFieldUpdater.java:276)
        ... 2 more

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicIntegerFieldUpdater;

// Tests bug in AtomicIntegerFieldUpdater.
public class SecurityBug {
    private static final AtomicIntegerFieldUpdater<SecurityBug> updater;

    static {
        updater = AtomicIntegerFieldUpdater.newUpdater(SecurityBug.class, "theField");
    }

    private volatile int theField;

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        new SecurityBug();
    }
}

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

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
Use the AtomicInteger class or relax the security policy.