Integrated: 8273342: Null pointer dereference in classFileParser.cpp:2817

[Harold Seigel]

On Mon, 4 Oct 2021 17:34:02 GMT, Harold Seigel <hseigel at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Please review this fix to always return a non-null value from fieldDescriptor::generic_signature() when a generic signature exists, even in places in the function that should never get executed.  This will prevent code analyzers from complaining about possible null dereferences by callers of generic_signature().
> 
> The change was tested with Mach5 tiers 1-2 on Linux, Mac OS, and Windows, and Mach5 tiers 3-5 on Linux x64.
> 
> Thanks, Harold

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: 8609ea55
Author:    Harold Seigel <hseigel at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/commit/8609ea55acdcc203408f58f7bf96ea9228aef613
Stats:     1 line in 1 file changed: 0 ins; 0 del; 1 mod

8273342: Null pointer dereference in classFileParser.cpp:2817

Reviewed-by: coleenp, dholmes

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/5807