[7u] Request for approval for 8024861: Incomplete token triggers GSS-API NullPointerException

[Weijun Wang]

Hi All

This is a request to backport a jdk8 fix into jdk7u-dev.

8024861: Incomplete token triggers GSS-API NullPointerException

    https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8024861

It avoids an NPE by substituting it with a GSSException.

The fix is already included in jdk8 as:

    http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/tl/jdk/rev/eb2c81533876

The review thread was

 
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/security-dev/2013-September/008961.html

The patch for jdk7u-dev is identical to the one in jdk8.

The fix is low-risk, and isolated. A new regression test added. Existing 
tests also run fine.

Thanks
Weijun