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  2. JDK-8360140

JVM crashes when invoking Unsafe.allocateInstance() with null parameter

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    • 21.0.7
    • hotspot
    • x86_64
    • linux_ubuntu

      ADDITIONAL SYSTEM INFORMATION :
      wsl2-ubuntu 22.04
      Linux 5.15.167.4-microsoft-standard-WSL2 #1 SMP Tue Nov 5 00:21:55 UTC 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

      java version "1.8.0_451"
      Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_451-b10)
      Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.451-b10, mixed mode)

      java version "11.0.27" 2025-04-15 LTS
      Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 18.9 (build 11.0.27+8-LTS-232)
      Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 18.9 (build 11.0.27+8-LTS-232, mixed mode)

      java version "17.0.15" 2025-04-15 LTS
      Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 17.0.15+9-LTS-241)
      Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 17.0.15+9-LTS-241, mixed mode, sharing)

      java version "21.0.7" 2025-04-15 LTS
      Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 21.0.7+8-LTS-245)
      Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 21.0.7+8-LTS-245, mixed mode, sharing)

      A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
      The following test program will crash Java Runtime Environment in JDK 21. It also crashes in JDK 8, 11, 17.

      STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
      Using JDK 21, run the following command:
      ```
      javac Test.java
      java Test
      ```

      EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
      EXPECTED -
      The program should throw an exception.
      ACTUAL -
      The program will crash Java Runtime Environment.
      ```
      #
      # A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
      #
      # SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x00007fc185e470b5, pid=6244, tid=6245
      #
      # JRE version: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (21.0.7+8) (build 21.0.7+8-LTS-245)
      # Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (21.0.7+8-LTS-245, mixed mode, sharing, tiered, compressed oops, compressed class ptrs, g1 gc, linux-amd64)
      # Problematic frame:
      # V [libjvm.so+0xecf0b5] Unsafe_AllocateInstance+0x95
      ...
      ```

      ---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
      class Test {
          public static void main(String[] args) {
              try {
                  java.lang.reflect.Field unsafeField = sun.misc.Unsafe.class.getDeclaredField("theUnsafe");
                  unsafeField.setAccessible(true);
                  Object unsafeInstance = unsafeField.get(null);
                  java.lang.Class<?> abstractClass = null;
                  java.lang.Object instance = sun.misc.Unsafe.class.getMethod("allocateInstance", java.lang.Class.class).invoke(unsafeInstance, abstractClass);
              } catch (Exception e) {
                  e.printStackTrace();
              }
          }
      }
      ---------- END SOURCE ----------

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