FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.6.0_02"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_02-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0_02-b05, mixed mode, sharing)

java version "1.6.0_04"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_04-b12)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 10.0-b19, mixed mode)

java version "1.5.0_14"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_14-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 1.5.0_14-b03, mixed mode)

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Linux myserver1 2.6.22 #2 SMP Fri Jan 4 18:21:24 JST 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
Linux myserver2 2.6.22 #11 SMP Thu Feb 7 04:31:44 JST 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
File descriptors of TCP sockets are not released properly when using SSLServerSocket class ( especially with many instances ) on Linux systems.

If a server application ( like Jakarta Tomcat ) runs very long time, this problem will cause a 'too many open files' error and a denial of the service.

Please note that we need to use 'lsof' command instead of 'netstat' command to see whether the file descriptor leak is happening or not.
Because the leaked sockets are not binded to any TCP addresses, we can not see the sockets using 'netstat' command.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
1. Save the source code as 'test1.java'.

2. Compile with 'javac test1.java'.

3. Run with 'java -Djavax.net.ssl.keyStore=.keystore -Djavax.net.ssl.keyStorePassword=changeit test1'
(You need your own .keystore file and password ).

4. In another Linux shell, execute 'lsof' command.
'lsof -n -p PID_OF_JAVA_TEST1'
(PID_OF_JAVA_TEST1 is the process ID of out test case )

5. We will see many lines like below.
java    1919 root  884u  sock    0,5            10398 can't identify protocol
java    1919 root  885u  sock    0,5            10399 can't identify protocol
java    1919 root  886u  sock    0,5            10418 can't identify protocol
java    1919 root  887u  sock    0,5            10420 can't identify protocol
java    1919 root  888u  sock    0,5            10422 can't identify protocol
java    1919 root  890u  sock    0,5            10443 can't identify protocol
java    1919 root  891u  sock    0,5            10444 can't identify protocol
java    1919 root  892u  sock    0,5            10445 can't identify protocol
java    1919 root  893u  sock    0,5            10446 can't identify protocol
java    1919 root  894u  sock    0,5            10447 can't identify protocol
java    1919 root  895u  sock    0,5            10448 can't identify protocol

These are the leaked file descriptors.


In addition,

6. We can also see the leaked file descriptors in '/proc/PID_OF_JAVA_TEST1/fd'

7. And in /proc/net/sockstat, these leaked file descriptors are counted as allocated TCP sockets.
For example: 'TCP: inuse 3 orphan 0 tw 0 alloc 663 mem 2'
When this java process ended, the number 'alloc 663' will be decreased.

8. If we repeat 'foo()' function more , we can see the 'too many open files 'error message.
Please change the line
for( int i = 0; i < 1000; ++i )
to
for( int i = 0; i < 2000; ++i )
and test again to see the error message.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
'lsof' command does not show too many lines of 'can't identify protocol' sockets.
ACTUAL -
Please see the 'Steps to Reproduce' field.

ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
Exception in thread "main" java.net.SocketException: Too many open files
        at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketAccept(Native Method)
        at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.accept(PlainSocketImpl.java:384)
        at java.net.ServerSocket.implAccept(ServerSocket.java:453)
        at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLServerSocketImpl.accept(SSLServerSocketImpl.java:259)
        at test1.foo(test1.java:25)
        at test1.main(test1.java:15)

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
import java.net.*;
import javax.net.*;
import javax.net.ssl.*;

public class test1
{
private static ServerSocketFactory ssf;
//------------------------------------------------
public static void main( String[] args )
throws Exception
{
ssf = SSLServerSocketFactory.getDefault();
for( int i = 0; i < 1000; ++i )
        {
        foo();
        }
Thread.sleep( 1000000 );
}
//------------------------------------------------
private static void foo()
throws Exception
{
ServerSocket sSocket = ssf.createServerSocket( 0, 1 );
Socket socket1  = new Socket( "127.0.0.1", sSocket.getLocalPort() );
Socket socket2 = sSocket.accept();
sSocket.close();
socket1.close();
socket2.close();
}
//------------------------------------------------
}

---------- END SOURCE ----------

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
I don't have.