ADDITIONAL SYSTEM INFORMATION :
Windows 10 64 bit - Build 16299.rs3_release.170928-1534
JDK 10.0.1
Visual Studio 2017 15.6.6

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Having just migrated an application from VM2013 to VS2017 which uses JNI we experienced not previously seen errors when debugging the JNI code. Migration of application has been discounted as a factor as have reproduced this using standalone C++ program.

Simply call JNI_CreateJavVM and you will get an exception caught in VS2017 showing access violation reading location 0x000000000000000

Issue appears to replicate with JDKs 8,9,10

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Compile and link source below. Run in VS2017 debugger with additional command line java/util/Map

Put a break point on the line with JNI_CreateJavaVM, stop at BP and then step over line;

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
step action completes correctly and moves to next line in c++ code
ACTUAL -
 VS2017 reports "Frame not in module" and shows window with message

Exception thrown at 0x000002C33444075C in test2.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x0000000000000000.

this is not an exception from the .NET CLR it appears to be some null memory dereference.

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#include <windows.h>
#include <jni.h>

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
JavaVMOption options[1];
JNIEnv *env;
JavaVM *jvm;
JavaVMInitArgs vm_args;
jint status;
jclass cls;

options[0].optionString = (char *) "-Djava.class.path=.";
memset(&vm_args, 0, sizeof(vm_args));
vm_args.version = JNI_VERSION_1_6;
vm_args.nOptions = 1;
vm_args.options = options;

status = JNI_CreateJavaVM(&jvm, (void **)&env, &vm_args);
printf("JNI_CreateJavaVM returned %x\n", status);

if (status != JNI_ERR)
{
if (argc > 1) {
for (int arg = 1; arg < argc; arg++) {
char *className = argv[arg];
cls = env->FindClass(className);
if (cls != 0)
{
printf("Found [%s]\n",className);
}
else {
printf("Failed to find [%s]\n", className);
}

}
}

jvm->DestroyJavaVM();
return 0;
}
else
return -1;
}
---------- END SOURCE ----------

FREQUENCY : always