FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version " 1.7.0_03 "
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_03-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 22.1-b02, mixed mode, sharing)

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
This is similar (if not a dup) to bug 7112820, however; I could not determine a way to re-open that one.

We have an application which is doing the following:

final Enumeration<NetworkInterface> inetEnum = NetworkInterface
.getNetworkInterfaces();
 while (inetEnum.hasMoreElements()) {
  final NetworkInterface niFace = inetEnum.nextElement();
  if (niFace.isUp()) {
   final Enumeration<InetAddress> ipAddys = niFace.getInetAddresses();
...

I get a NPE in my application when calling niFace.getInetAddresses().

Stack trace:

  <exception>
    <message>java.lang.NullPointerException</message>
    <frame>
      <class>java.net.NetworkInterface</class>
      <method>getInterfaceAddresses</method>
      <line>160</line>
    </frame>
    <frame>
      <class>com.wbemsolutions.utilities.NetworkUtils</class>
      <method>getActiveIPs</method>
      <line>31</line>
    </frame>
  </exception>


The line of code is this one:

sec.checkConnect(bindings[j].getAddress().getHostAddress(), -1);

In my case the 'binding' object contains a null at index 0

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Not getting a NPE

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.