OpenJDK 15.0.8 released

[Yuri Nesterenko]

Hi all,

the release of OpenJDK 15.0.8 has been published on Jun 20, 2022.

The release sources are in https://github.com/openjdk/jdk15u Git repository
tagged jdk-15.0.8-ga.
For October release schedule see https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/JDKUpdates/JDK+15u

* Security fixes in this release:
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   - JDK-8284370: Improve zlib usage
   - JDK-8272243: Improve DER parsing
   - JDK-8281866: Enhance MethodHandle invocations
   - JDK-8281859: Improve class compilation
   - JDK-8285407: Improve Xalan supports
   - JDK-8283190: Improve MIDI processing
   - JDK-8277608: Address IP Addressing
   - JDK-8272249: Better properties of loaded Properties

* Other changes:
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   - JDK-8282231: x86-32: runtime call to SharedRuntime::ldiv corrupts registers
   - JDK-8275703: System.loadLibrary fails on Big Sur for libraries hidden from filesystem
   - JDK-8172065: javax/swing/JTree/4908142/bug4908142.java The selected index should be "aad"
   - JDK-8225122: Test AncestorResized.java fails when Windows desktop is scaled.
   - JDK-8250863: Build error with GCC 10 in NetworkInterface.c and k_standard.c
   - JDK-8279505: Update documentation for RETRY_COUNT and REPEAT_COUNT
   - JDK-8282929: Localized monetary symbols are not reflected in `toLocalizedPattern` return value
   - JDK-8287109: Distrust.java failed with CertificateExpiredException
   - JDK-8282583: Update BCEL md to include the copyright notice
   - JDK-8255035: Update BCEL to Version 6.5.0
   - JDK-8270886: Crash in PhaseIdealLoop::verify_strip_mined_scheduling
   - JDK-8272574: C2: assert(false) failed: Bad graph detected in build_loop_late
   - JDK-8258471: "search codecache" clhsdb command does not work
   - JDK-8285523: Improve test java/io/FileOutputStream/OpenNUL.java
   - JDK-8285727: [11u, 17u] Unify fix for JDK-8284920 with version from head
   - JDK-8285726: [11u, 17u] Unify fix for JDK-8284548 with version from head
   - JDK-8285686: Update FreeType to 2.12.0
   - JDK-8258077: Using -Xcheck:jni can lead to a double-free after JDK-8193234
   - JDK-8252401: Introduce Utils.TEST_NATIVE_PATH
   - JDK-8274735: javax.imageio.IIOException: Unsupported Image Type  while processing a valid JPEG image
   - JDK-8277087: ZipException: zip END header not found at ZipFile#Source.findEND
   - JDK-8244602: Add JTREG_REPEAT_COUNT to repeat execution of a test
   - JDK-8278851: Correct signer logic for jars signed with multiple digest algorithms
   - JDK-8285445: cannot open file "NUL:"
   - JDK-8282538: PKCS11 tests fail on CentOS Stream 9
   - JDK-8273935: (zipfs) Files.getFileAttributeView() throws UOE instead of returning null when view 
not supported
   - JDK-8273682: Upgrade Jline to 3.20.0
   - JDK-8278794: Infinite loop in DeflaterOutputStream.finish()
   - JDK-8257794: Zero: assert(istate->_stack_limit == istate->_thread->last_Java_sp() + 1) failed: 
wrong on Linux/x86_32
   - JDK-8276657: XSLT compiler tries to define a class with empty name
   - JDK-8273655: content-types.properties files are missing some common types
   - JDK-8193682: Infinite loop in ZipOutputStream.close()
   - JDK-8283350: (tz) Update Timezone Data to 2022a
   - JDK-8255266: Update Public Suffix List to 3c213aa
   - JDK-8281275: Upgrading from 8 to 11 no longer accepts '/' as filepath separator in gc paths
   - JDK-8274751: Drag And Drop hangs on Windows
   - JDK-8258795: Update IANA Language Subtag Registry to Version 2021-05-11

* Notes on some issues:
=========================
core-libs/java.io
   JDK-8285445 cannot open file "NUL:"
   ===================================
   Enable Windows Alternate Data Streams by default

   The Windows implementation of java.io.File has been changed so that strict validity checks are not 
performed by default on file paths.
   This includes allowing colons (‘:’) in the path other than only immediately after a single drive 
letter.
   It also allows paths that represent NTFS Alternate Data Streams (ADS), such as “filename:streamname”.
   This restores the default behavior of java.io.File to what it was prior to the April 2022 CPU in which
   strict validity checks were not performed by default on file paths on Windows.
   To re-enable strict path checking in java.io.File, the system property jdk.io.File.enableADS should 
be set to false (case ignored).
   This might be preferable, for example, if Windows special device paths such as NUL: are not used.

core-libs/java.time
   JDK-8283350 (tz) Update Timezone Data to 2022a
   ==============================================
     * Palestine will spring forward on 2022-03-27, not -03-26.
     * zdump -v now outputs better failure indications.
     * Bug fixes for code that reads corrupted TZif data.

core-libs/java.net
   JDK-8277608: Address IP Addressing
   ==================================
   Update java.net.InetAddress to Detect Ambiguous IPv4 Address Literals

   An update in java.net.InetAddress class requires now to accept IPv4 address literals in decimal 
quad notation only.
   On invalid literals, there will be java.net.UnknownHostException thrown.
   To disable this restriction, set the new "jdk.net.allowAmbiguousIPAddressLiterals" system property 
to "true".

Thank you,
--yan