ADDITIONAL SYSTEM INFORMATION :
openjdk version "17.0.1" 2021-10-19
MacOS Monterey 12.1

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Happens while upgrading a big project from java 11 to java 17.

During the upgrade, one of the modules using a 3rd party failed on timeout. After further investigation i found the following:

1. In java 11 the method looks like the following - https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/jdk-11%2B28/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/DataInputStream.java#L196
2. In java 17 the method implementation changed - https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/jdk-17+35/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/DataInputStream.java#L198
3. For some reason the 3rd party library pass null to `b` which result in a NullPointerException in line 198 when it tries to do `b.length`

Need to add a null check before going into the logic or continue without doing anything.

The problematic library is IBM CTG version 9.2 when trying to call a MF with containers

REGRESSION : Last worked in version 11

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.DataInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        DataInputStream dataInputStream = new DataInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(new byte[] {}));
        try {
            dataInputStream.readFully(null, 0, 0);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

Code above pass with no exception in java 11 and fail with null pointer in java 17

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Code continue without getting null pointer exception and nothing is printed to the log
ACTUAL -
getting null pointer exception and stacktrace is printed to the log

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.DataInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        DataInputStream dataInputStream = new DataInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(new byte[] {}));
        try {
            dataInputStream.readFully(null, 0, 0);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}
---------- END SOURCE ----------

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
No workaround :(

FREQUENCY : always