Java SE 8u144 Advanced and Java SE 8u144 Support Release Notes

Java SE 8u144 Release Notes

The Java SE 8u144 Advanced Platform, available for Java SE Subscription customers, is based on the current Java SE 8u144 release. This release is also available for legacy Java SE Suite, Java SE Advanced, and Java SE Support and when directed by support to be used as part of another Oracle product.

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Java SE 8u144 Bundled Patch Release (BPR) - Bug Fixes and Updates

The following sections summarize changes made in all Java SE 8u144 BPRs. Bug fixes and any other changes are listed below in date order, most current BPR first. Note that bug fixes in previous BPR are also included in the current BPR.

To determine the version of your JDK software, use the following command:

java -version

Changes in Java SE 8u144 b34

Bug Fixes

BugId Component Subcomponent Summary
8159035
(Confidential)
security-libs javax.crypto com/sun/crypto/provider/Cipher/CTS/CTSMode.java test crashed due to unhandled case of cipher length value as 0

Changes in Java SE 8u144 b33

Bug Fixes

BugId Component Subcomponent Summary
8185572 hotspot compiler Enable AssumeMP by default on SPARC machines
8074544 deploy webstart webstart app fails with CouldNotLoadArgumentException when account in Japanese
8133531
(Confidential)
deploy webstart deployJava.launchWebStartApplication() couldn't work
8129820
(Confidential)
deploy webstart Crash in native javaws base64 code
8180490
(Confidential)
deploy plugin Forms context lost when legacy_lifecycle=yes

Changes in Java SE 8u144 b32

Bug Fixes

BugId Component Subcomponent Summary
8180048 hotspot gc Interned string and symbol table leak memory during parallel unlinking
8175169
(Confidential)
deploy webstart Reduce security dialogs when only application args change
8180457
(Confidential)
deploy webstart WebStart cached jar verification intermittently slow in native ReadFile function

Changes in Java SE 8u144 b31

Please note that fixes from prior BPR (8u141 b32) are included in this version.

Bug Fixes

BugId Component Subcomponent Summary
8134389 hotspot compiler Crash in HotSpot with jvm.dll+0x42b48 ciObjectFactory::create_new_metadata
8158639 hotspot compiler C2 compilation fails with SIGSEGV