[8u20] Request for approval for CR 8042449 - Issue for negative byte major record version

[Xuelei Fan]

Hi,

Could I get the following changeset approved for 8u20 please?  The patch
is identical to the JDK 9 version.

Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8042449
Changeset: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/dev/jdk/rev/9a9d52c44ea8
Review: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~xuelei/8042449/webrev.00/
Reviewed-by: wetmore

Thanks,
Xuelei