JDK-4801172 : java_vm crashes when invoked directly
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: deploy
  • Sub-Component: plugin
  • Affected Version: 1.4.1_01
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: solaris_10
  • CPU: generic
  • Submitted: 2003-01-09
  • Updated: 2003-08-06
  • Resolved: 2003-08-06
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5.0 tigerFixed
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JDK-4800337 - java 1.4.1's java_vm dumps core under mozilla 1.2 and libumem
Description
[dep, 09Jan2003]

  A vanilla invocation /usr/j2se/jre/bin/java_vm results in java_vm
  dumping core.  Instead of crashing, it should indicate that it is
  intended only for internal use by the java plugin.
Comments
CONVERTED DATA BugTraq+ Release Management Values COMMIT TO FIX: tiger FIXED IN: tiger INTEGRATED IN: tiger tiger-b14
14-06-2004
EVALUATION Since we need to check the enviroment variable to see whether it is NULL before we use it and also there are a lot of places we need to do this check. The fix is risky now so we commit it to Toger. ###@###.### 2003-01-09 java_vm is an undocumented program and it is not supposed to be invoked directly. Close this as "won't fix". ###@###.### 2003-06-05 [jwadams 2003-06-05] This is not acceptable. Even internal programs are occasionally invoked by customers. Having them coredump instead of giving a reasonable error message makes our product look shoddy.
11-06-2004