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  2. JDK-8013898

java -jar - causes a segfault

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      FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
      java version " 1.7.0_10 "
      Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_10-b18)
      Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.6-b04, mixed mode)

      also seen on:
      java version " 1.7.0_05 "
      Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_05-b05)
      Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.1-b03, mixed mode)


      ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
      Linux w520 3.2.0-31-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 7 16:16:45 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux


      EXTRA RELEVANT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION :
      64-bit linux (ubuntu/debian derivative)

      A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
      Not exactly a huge deal since this is essentially a bad handling of typographical error that wouldn't run anyway, but if you omit the jar file and put a dash (-) character instead you get a segmentation fault.

      STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
      1 - Call:
      java -jar -
      2 - Segfault.

      EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
      EXPECTED -
      An error message of some kind
      ACTUAL -
      Segmentation fault (core dumped)


      REPRODUCIBILITY :
      This bug can be reproduced always.

            ksrini Kumar Srinivasan
            webbuggrp Webbug Group
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