IJ46261: MEMORY LEAK WHEN USING EC PATHWAYS WITH OPENSSL ENABLED.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Error Message: N/A
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  Stack Trace: N/A
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  This problem is related to OpenJ9 issue:
  https://github.com/eclipse-openj9/openj9/issues/16451
  

Local fix

• Use the following JVM option:
  -Djdk.nativeCrypto=false
  This will turn off OpenSSL implementation.
  

Problem summary

• The OpenSSL API BN_bn2bin states that a new BIGNUM is created if
  
  the last argument is NULL. In this case, this resulted in a
  native memory leak.
  

Problem conclusion

• The code has been fixed to clean up the allocated memory.
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  This APAR will be fixed in the following Releases:
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  IBM Semeru Runtimes
    11              11.0.19.0
    17              17.0.7.0
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  Contact your IBM Product's Service Team for these Service
  Refreshes and Fix Packs.
  For those running stand-alone, information about the available
  maintenance can be found at:
            https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/java-sdk
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

  IJ46912

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  OPENJDK CLASS L

• Fixed component ID

  621800100

Applicable component levels