In SAP's test environment we see the test java/awt/FontMetrics/MaxAdvanceIsMax.java failing on at least 5 different Linux systems. Those include both, Suse and RedHat versions with different releases.

The error output observed is
java.lang.Exception: FAILED: getMaxAdvance is not max for font: java.awt.Font[family=L M Math Italic5,name=L M Math Italic5 Bold,style=bolditalic,size=10] getMaxAdvance(): 14 getWidths()[77]: 15
at MaxAdvanceIsMax.main(MaxAdvanceIsMax.java:129)

or

java.lang.Exception: FAILED: getMaxAdvance is not max for font: java.awt.Font[family=Computer Modern Bright,name=Computer Modern Bright Bold Extended,style=bolditalic,size=10] getMaxAdvance(): 9 getWidths()[87]: 10
at MaxAdvanceIsMax.main(MaxAdvanceIsMax.java:129)

or

java.lang.Exception: FAILED: getMaxAdvance is not max for font: java.awt.Font[family=DialogInput,name=DialogInput.bold,style=bolditalic,size=10] getMaxAdvance(): 6 getWidths()[127]: 10
at MaxAdvanceIsMax.main(MaxAdvanceIsMax.java:129)

or

java.lang.Exception: FAILED: getMaxAdvance is not max for font: java.awt.Font[family=DialogInput,name=DialogInput.bold,style=bolditalic,size=10] getMaxAdvance(): 7 getWidths()[3]: 8
at MaxAdvanceIsMax.main(MaxAdvanceIsMax.java:129)