[7u-dev] Request for approval for 8019267: NPE in AbstractSaslImpl when trace level >= FINER in KRB5

[Seán Coffey]

Approved.

regards,
Sean.

On 11/07/2013 06:48, Weijun Wang wrote:
> Hi All
>
> This is a request to backport a jdk8 fix into jdk7u-dev.
>
> 8019267: NPE in AbstractSaslImpl when trace level >= FINER in KRB5
>
>    http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=8019267
>
> The fix is already included in jdk8 as:
>
>    http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/tl/jdk/rev/780a64979c8d
>
> It was reviewed [1] by Sean Mullan.
>
> The fix for 7u-dev is almost identical to the jdk8 one and is at
>
>    http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~weijun/8019267/7u-dev/webrev.00/
>
> It has also been reviewed [2] by Sean.
>
> The fix is low-risk, and isolated. A regression test is modified to 
> cover it. Other tests also run fine.
>
> Thanks
> Weijun
>
> [1] 
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/security-dev/2013-July/008122.html
> [2] 
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/security-dev/2013-July/008136.html