Passing jvm debug parameters in JNI with no listening debugger causes crash

FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.7.0_25"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_25-b17)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 23.25-b01, mixed mode, sharing)

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Program causing it:

        #include "jni.h"

        JavaVMInitArgs args;
JavaVMOption* options = NULL;
        args.version = JNI_VERSION_1_2;
args.nOptions = 1;
args.options = options;
args.ignoreUnrecognized = JNI_FALSE;
        options[0].optionString = "-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=n,suspend=y,address=1245";

HINSTANCE hinstLib = LoadLibraryA(jvmdllPath);
typedef jint (JNICALL *PtrCreateJavaVM)(JavaVM **, void **, void *);
PtrCreateJavaVM ptrCreateJavaVM =
(PtrCreateJavaVM)GetProcAddress(hinstLib, "JNI_CreateJavaVM");

JNIEnv* env = NULL;
int retCode = 0;
        retCode = ptrCreateJavaVM(&jvm, (void **)&env, &args); // <--------- returns no error code or exception, instead crashing the program fatally


ERROR: transport error 202: connect failed: Connection refused
ERROR: JDWP Transport dt_socket failed to initialize, TRANSPORT_INIT(510)
JDWP exit error AGENT_ERROR_TRANSPORT_INIT(197): No transports initialized [../.
./../src/share/back/debugInit.c:741]
FATAL ERROR in native method: JDWP No transports initialized, jvmtiError=AGENT_E
RROR_TRANSPORT_INIT(197)


REGRESSION. Last worked in version 7u25

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Create a C++ program with the above code and execute it

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
returns an integer and lets the program continue and handle the error
ACTUAL -
returns nothing and prints this to stdout

ERROR: transport error 202: connect failed: Connection refused
ERROR: JDWP Transport dt_socket failed to initialize, TRANSPORT_INIT(510)
JDWP exit error AGENT_ERROR_TRANSPORT_INIT(197): No transports initialized [../.
./../src/share/back/debugInit.c:741]
FATAL ERROR in native method: JDWP No transports initialized, jvmtiError=AGENT_E
RROR_TRANSPORT_INIT(197)


REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
        #include "jni.h"

        JavaVMInitArgs args;
JavaVMOption* options = NULL;
        args.version = JNI_VERSION_1_2;
args.nOptions = 1;
args.options = options;
args.ignoreUnrecognized = JNI_FALSE;
        options[0].optionString = "-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=n,suspend=y,address=1245";

HINSTANCE hinstLib = LoadLibraryA(jvmdllPath);
typedef jint (JNICALL *PtrCreateJavaVM)(JavaVM **, void **, void *);
PtrCreateJavaVM ptrCreateJavaVM =
(PtrCreateJavaVM)GetProcAddress(hinstLib, "JNI_CreateJavaVM");

JNIEnv* env = NULL;
int retCode = 0;
        retCode = ptrCreateJavaVM(&jvm, (void **)&env, &args); // <--------- returns no error code or exception, instead crashing the program fatally

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