JDK-5109885 : Serialization of java.security.Permissions objects fails in RMI-IIOP
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: security-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.security
  • Affected Version: 1.4.2
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Duplicate
  • OS: windows_2000
  • CPU: x86
  • Submitted: 2004-10-01
  • Updated: 2004-11-19
  • Resolved: 2004-11-19
Related Reports
Duplicate :  
JDK-5104197 - NullPointerException when sending java.security.Permissions through SUN IIOP
Description

Name: js151677			Date: 10/01/2004


FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.4.2_04"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2_04-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2_04-b05, mixed mode)

Sun Java System Application Server Platform Edition 8.0.0_01

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Microsoft Windows 2000 [Wersja 5.00.2195]

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
org.omg.CORBA.UNKNOWN exception is being thrown when one tries to call from a remote client a method in EJB that returns an instance of java.security.Permissions class.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
create simple ejb with method that returns java.security.Permissions.
Call this method with external client (the comunication over RMI-IIOP  must be involved).


ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
java.rmi.RemoteException: CORBA UNKNOWN 1398079690 Maybe; nested exception is:
	org.omg.CORBA.UNKNOWN: ----------BEGIN server-side stack trace----------
org.omg.CORBA.UNKNOWN:   vmcid: SUN  minor code: 202 completed: Maybe
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.logging.ORBUtilSystemException.runtimeexception(ORBUtilSystemException.java:7549)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.protocol.CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.convertThrowableToSystemException(CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.java:1883)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.protocol.CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.handleThrowableDuringServerDispatch(CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.java:1833)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.protocol.CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.handleThrowableDuringServerDispatch(CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.java:1786)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.protocol.CorbaServerRequestDispatcherImpl.dispatch(CorbaServerRequestDispatcherImpl.java:266)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.protocol.CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.handleRequestRequest(CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.java:1653)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.protocol.CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.handleRequest(CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.java:1513)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.protocol.CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.handleInput(CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.java:895)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.protocol.giopmsgheaders.RequestMessage_1_2.callback(RequestMessage_1_2.java:172)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.protocol.CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.handleRequest(CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.java:668)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.transport.SocketOrChannelConnectionImpl.dispatch(SocketOrChannelConnectionImpl.java:375)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.transport.SocketOrChannelConnectionImpl.read(SocketOrChannelConnectionImpl.java:284)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.transport.ReaderThreadImpl.doWork(ReaderThreadImpl.java:73)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.orbutil.threadpool.ThreadPoolImpl$WorkerThread.run(ThreadPoolImpl.java:382)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
	at java.util.Hashtable.put(Hashtable.java:393)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.io.OutputStreamHook$HookPutFields.put(OutputStreamHook.java:99)
	at java.security.Permissions.writeObject(Permissions.java:359)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.io.IIOPOutputStream.invokeObjectWriter(IIOPOutputStream.java:598)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.io.IIOPOutputStream.outputObject(IIOPOutputStream.java:564)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.io.IIOPOutputStream.simpleWriteObject(IIOPOutputStream.java:152)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.io.ValueHandlerImpl.writeValueInternal(ValueHandlerImpl.java:222)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.io.ValueHandlerImpl.writeValueWithVersion(ValueHandlerImpl.java:204)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.io.ValueHandlerImpl.writeValue(ValueHandlerImpl.java:144)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.encoding.CDROutputStream_1_0.writeRMIIIOPValueType(CDROutputStream_1_0.java:773)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.encoding.CDROutputStream_1_0.write_value(CDROutputStream_1_0.java:822)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.encoding.CDROutputStream_1_0.write_value(CDROutputStream_1_0.java:836)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.encoding.CDROutputStream_1_0.write_value(CDROutputStream_1_0.java:632)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.encoding.CDROutputStream.write_value(CDROutputStream.java:222)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.presentation.rmi.DynamicMethodMarshallerImpl$14.write(DynamicMethodMarshallerImpl.java:334)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.presentation.rmi.DynamicMethodMarshallerImpl.writeResult(DynamicMethodMarshallerImpl.java:400)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.presentation.rmi.ReflectiveTie._invoke(ReflectiveTie.java:121)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.protocol.CorbaServerRequestDispatcherImpl.dispatchToServant(CorbaServerRequestDispatcherImpl.java:651)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.protocol.CorbaServerRequestDispatcherImpl.dispatch(CorbaServerRequestDispatcherImpl.java:190)
	... 9 more

----------END server-side stack trace----------  vmcid: SUN  minor code: 202 completed: Maybe
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.javax.rmi.CORBA.Util.mapSystemException(Util.java:243)
	at javax.rmi.CORBA.Util.mapSystemException(Util.java:65)
	at com.empolis.ekms.authentication.manager._IdentityManager_Stub.getPermissions(Unknown Source)
	at test.Main.test1(Main.java:54)
	at test.Main.main(Main.java:60)
Caused by: org.omg.CORBA.UNKNOWN: ----------BEGIN server-side stack trace----------
org.omg.CORBA.UNKNOWN:   vmcid: SUN  minor code: 202 completed: Maybe
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.logging.ORBUtilSystemException.runtimeexception(ORBUtilSystemException.java:7549)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.protocol.CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.convertThrowableToSystemException(CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.java:1883)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.protocol.CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.handleThrowableDuringServerDispatch(CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.java:1833)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.protocol.CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.handleThrowableDuringServerDispatch(CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.java:1786)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.protocol.CorbaServerRequestDispatcherImpl.dispatch(CorbaServerRequestDispatcherImpl.java:266)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.protocol.CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.handleRequestRequest(CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.java:1653)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.protocol.CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.handleRequest(CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.java:1513)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.protocol.CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.handleInput(CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.java:895)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.protocol.giopmsgheaders.RequestMessage_1_2.callback(RequestMessage_1_2.java:172)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.protocol.CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.handleRequest(CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.java:668)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.transport.SocketOrChannelConnectionImpl.dispatch(SocketOrChannelConnectionImpl.java:375)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.transport.SocketOrChannelConnectionImpl.read(SocketOrChannelConnectionImpl.java:284)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.transport.ReaderThreadImpl.doWork(ReaderThreadImpl.java:73)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.orbutil.threadpool.ThreadPoolImpl$WorkerThread.run(ThreadPoolImpl.java:382)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
	at java.util.Hashtable.put(Hashtable.java:393)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.io.OutputStreamHook$HookPutFields.put(OutputStreamHook.java:99)
	at java.security.Permissions.writeObject(Permissions.java:359)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.io.IIOPOutputStream.invokeObjectWriter(IIOPOutputStream.java:598)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.io.IIOPOutputStream.outputObject(IIOPOutputStream.java:564)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.io.IIOPOutputStream.simpleWriteObject(IIOPOutputStream.java:152)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.io.ValueHandlerImpl.writeValueInternal(ValueHandlerImpl.java:222)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.io.ValueHandlerImpl.writeValueWithVersion(ValueHandlerImpl.java:204)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.io.ValueHandlerImpl.writeValue(ValueHandlerImpl.java:144)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.encoding.CDROutputStream_1_0.writeRMIIIOPValueType(CDROutputStream_1_0.java:773)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.encoding.CDROutputStream_1_0.write_value(CDROutputStream_1_0.java:822)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.encoding.CDROutputStream_1_0.write_value(CDROutputStream_1_0.java:836)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.encoding.CDROutputStream_1_0.write_value(CDROutputStream_1_0.java:632)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.encoding.CDROutputStream.write_value(CDROutputStream.java:222)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.presentation.rmi.DynamicMethodMarshallerImpl$14.write(DynamicMethodMarshallerImpl.java:334)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.presentation.rmi.DynamicMethodMarshallerImpl.writeResult(DynamicMethodMarshallerImpl.java:400)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.presentation.rmi.ReflectiveTie._invoke(ReflectiveTie.java:121)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.protocol.CorbaServerRequestDispatcherImpl.dispatchToServant(CorbaServerRequestDispatcherImpl.java:651)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.protocol.CorbaServerRequestDispatcherImpl.dispatch(CorbaServerRequestDispatcherImpl.java:190)
	... 9 more

----------END server-side stack trace----------  vmcid: SUN  minor code: 202 completed: Maybe
	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
	at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:274)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.protocol.giopmsgheaders.MessageBase.getSystemException(MessageBase.java:791)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.protocol.giopmsgheaders.ReplyMessage_1_2.getSystemException(ReplyMessage_1_2.java:97)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.protocol.CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.getSystemExceptionReply(CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.java:546)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.protocol.CorbaClientRequestDispatcherImpl.processResponse(CorbaClientRequestDispatcherImpl.java:430)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.protocol.CorbaClientRequestDispatcherImpl.marshalingComplete(CorbaClientRequestDispatcherImpl.java:326)
	at com.sun.corba.ee.impl.protocol.CorbaClientDelegateImpl.invoke(CorbaClientDelegateImpl.java:132)
	at org.omg.CORBA.portable.ObjectImpl._invoke(ObjectImpl.java:457)
	at com.empolis.ekms.authentication.manager._IdentityManager_Stub.getPermissions(Unknown Source)
	... 2 more
Exception in thread "main"

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
The writeObject in this class implementation should look like this (added check if allPermission is not null):

    private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream out) throws IOException {
    // Don't call out.defaultWriteObject()

    // Copy perms into a Hashtable
    Hashtable perms = new Hashtable(permsMap.size()*2);
    perms.putAll(permsMap);

    // Write out serializable fields
        ObjectOutputStream.PutField pfields = out.putFields();
        if (allPermission != null) {
            pfields.put("allPermission", allPermission);
        }
        pfields.put("perms", perms);
        out.writeFields();
    }
(Incident Review ID: 310914) 
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