FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.8.0_73"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_73-b02)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.73-b02, mixed mode)

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Windows 10 Home


EXTRA RELEVANT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION :
Visual Studio Community 2015
Version 14.0.023107.0 D14REL
Visual C++ 2015 00322-20000-00000-AA211

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Access Violation during call to JNI_CreateJavaVM. Debugger shows a stack that might also be corrupted.

Tested with both x86 and x64 version of JDK, also tested _60 release.

Same code works on VS 2012 Professional run on Windows 8.1

I have a complete zip of the entire VS solution that can be provided.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Build attached project with JDK installed, run.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Created JVM.
ACTUAL -
Null pointer exception

ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
Exception thrown at 0x0F800282 in JNIExample.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x00000000.

If there is a handler for this exception, the program may be safely continued.

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

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#include <jni.h> /* where everything is defined */

int main(int argc, char** argv) {
    JavaVM *jvm; /* denotes a Java VM */
    JNIEnv *env; /* pointer to native method interface */
    JavaVMInitArgs vm_args; /* JDK/JRE 6 VM initialization arguments */
    JavaVMOption* options = new JavaVMOption[1];
    options[0].optionString = "-Djava.class.path=/usr/lib/java";
    vm_args.version = JNI_VERSION_1_6;
    vm_args.nOptions = 1;
    vm_args.options = options;
    vm_args.ignoreUnrecognized = false;
    /* load and initialize a Java VM, return a JNI interface
    * pointer in env */
    JNI_CreateJavaVM(&jvm, (void**)&env, &vm_args);
    delete options;
    /* invoke the Main.test method using the JNI */
    jclass cls = env->FindClass("Main");
    jmethodID mid = env->GetStaticMethodID(cls, "test", "(I)V");
    env->CallStaticVoidMethod(cls, mid, 100);
    /* We are done. */
    jvm->DestroyJavaVM();

    return 0;
}
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