Originally reported:
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/lambda-dev/2015-March/012139.html

import java.security.AccessController;
import java.security.PrivilegedAction;

public class A3 extends SecurityManager {
    public A3() {
        // 1. Using lambda
        AccessController.doPrivileged((PrivilegedAction<Void>)
                () -> null);
        // 2. Using inner class
        AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<Void>() {
            @Override
            public Void run() {
                return null;
            }
        });
    }
}

$ java -Djava.security.manager=A3
Error occurred during initialization of VM
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at java.lang.invoke.BoundMethodHandle.<clinit>(BoundMethodHandle.java:829)
at java.lang.invoke.LambdaForm.createIdentityForms(LambdaForm.java:1753)
at java.lang.invoke.LambdaForm.<clinit>(LambdaForm.java:1808)
at java.lang.invoke.DirectMethodHandle.makePreparedLambdaForm(DirectMethodHandle.java:223)
at java.lang.invoke.DirectMethodHandle.preparedLambdaForm(DirectMethodHandle.java:188)
at java.lang.invoke.DirectMethodHandle.preparedLambdaForm(DirectMethodHandle.java:177)
at java.lang.invoke.DirectMethodHandle.make(DirectMethodHandle.java:84)
at java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles$Lookup.getDirectMethodCommon(MethodHandles.java:1655)
at java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles$Lookup.getDirectMethodNoSecurityManager(MethodHandles.java:1612)
at java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles$Lookup.getDirectMethodForConstant(MethodHandles.java:1797)
at java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles$Lookup.linkMethodHandleConstant(MethodHandles.java:1746)
at java.lang.invoke.MethodHandleNatives.linkMethodHandleConstant(MethodHandleNatives.java:477)
at A3.<init>(A3.java:6)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:444)
at sun.misc.Launcher.<init>(Launcher.java:96)
at sun.misc.Launcher.<clinit>(Launcher.java:57)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.initSystemClassLoader(ClassLoader.java:1440)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader(ClassLoader.java:1425)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at sun.invoke.util.BytecodeDescriptor.parseSig(BytecodeDescriptor.java:83)
at sun.invoke.util.BytecodeDescriptor.parseMethod(BytecodeDescriptor.java:54)
at sun.invoke.util.BytecodeDescriptor.parseMethod(BytecodeDescriptor.java:41)
at java.lang.invoke.MethodType.fromMethodDescriptorString(MethodType.java:1065)
at java.lang.invoke.BoundMethodHandle$Factory.makeCbmhCtor(BoundMethodHandle.java:817)
at java.lang.invoke.BoundMethodHandle$Factory.makeCtors(BoundMethodHandle.java:772)
at java.lang.invoke.BoundMethodHandle$SpeciesData.initForBootstrap(BoundMethodHandle.java:358)
at java.lang.invoke.BoundMethodHandle$SpeciesData.<clinit>(BoundMethodHandle.java:447)
at java.lang.invoke.BoundMethodHandle.<clinit>(BoundMethodHandle.java:829)
at java.lang.invoke.LambdaForm.createIdentityForms(LambdaForm.java:1753)
at java.lang.invoke.LambdaForm.<clinit>(LambdaForm.java:1808)
at java.lang.invoke.DirectMethodHandle.makePreparedLambdaForm(DirectMethodHandle.java:223)
at java.lang.invoke.DirectMethodHandle.preparedLambdaForm(DirectMethodHandle.java:188)
at java.lang.invoke.DirectMethodHandle.preparedLambdaForm(DirectMethodHandle.java:177)
at java.lang.invoke.DirectMethodHandle.make(DirectMethodHandle.java:84)
at java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles$Lookup.getDirectMethodCommon(MethodHandles.java:1655)
at java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles$Lookup.getDirectMethodNoSecurityManager(MethodHandles.java:1612)
at java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles$Lookup.getDirectMethodForConstant(MethodHandles.java:1797)
at java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles$Lookup.linkMethodHandleConstant(MethodHandles.java:1746)
at java.lang.invoke.MethodHandleNatives.linkMethodHandleConstant(MethodHandleNatives.java:477)
at A3.<init>(A3.java:6)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:444)