JVM crashes with "assert(resolved_method->method_holder()->is_linked()) failed: must be linked" when run with large value for PreallocatedOutOfMemoryErrorCount

java -XX:PreallocatedOutOfMemoryErrorCount=18446744073709551615 -version
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# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
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# Internal Error ([...]hotspot/share/interpreter/linkResolver.cpp:1434),
[...]
# assert(resolved_method->method_holder()->is_linked()) failed: must be linked

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Unsound cast immediately precedes the crash when using an unreasonably high value for PreallocatedOutOfMemoryErrorCount (flag is develop). Maybe the flag should be constrained to more reasonable values.