ADDITIONAL SYSTEM INFORMATION :
openjdk version "25-ea" 2025-09-16
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 25-ea+34-3482)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25-ea+34-3482, mixed mode, sharing)

NAME="Red Hat Enterprise Linux"
VERSION="8.0 (Ootpa)"
ID="rhel"
ID_LIKE="fedora"
VERSION_ID="8.0"
PLATFORM_ID="platform:el8"
PRETTY_NAME="Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 (Ootpa)"
ANSI_COLOR="0;31"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:GA"
HOME_URL="https://www.redhat.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/"

REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT="Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"
REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT_VERSION=8.0
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Red Hat Enterprise Linux"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="8.0"


A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
JDK 25 EA sporadic crashes on old unpatched RHEL 8.0. It can even happen when calling "/path/to/my/bin/java -version". On my system crashes happen app. 2/3 of the ties I try this.

REGRESSION : Last worked in version 24.0.2

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
/path/to/my/bin/java -version

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
openjdk version "25-ea" 2025-09-16
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 25-ea+34-3482)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25-ea+34-3482, mixed mode, sharing)
ACTUAL -
#
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
# SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x00007f642f989b9a, pid=16164, tid=16165
#
# JRE version: (25.0+34) (build )
# Java VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (25-ea+34-3482, mixed mode, sharing, tiered, compressed oops, compressed class ptrs, g1 gc, linux-amd64)
# Problematic frame:
# V [libjvm.so+0xd80b9a] ObjArrayAllocator::initialize(HeapWordImpl**) const+0xea
#
# Core dump will be written. Default location: Core dumps may be processed with "/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-coredump %P %u %g %s %t %c %h %e" (or dumping to /root/core.16164)
#
# An error report file with more information is saved as:
# /root/hs_err_pid16164.log
#
#
Aborted (core dumped)