SSLExceptions propagated on some timed out SSL sockets in JBoss EAP

Issue

When we use the sslsocket transport for the Unified Invoker on our EJB 2.1 remote invocations, we've noticed that in a few cases, if an SSL connection is timed out on the server side, when JBoss Remoting subsequently tries to use the corresponding pooled connection on the client side, it encounters the following exception:

javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Connection has been shutdown: javax.net.ssl.SSLException: java.net.SocketException: Software caused connection abort: socket write error
     at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.checkEOF(SSLSocketImpl.java:1267)
     at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.checkWrite(SSLSocketImpl.java:1279)
     at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.AppOutputStream.write(AppOutputStream.java:43)
     at java.io.BufferedOutputStream.flushBuffer(BufferedOutputStream.java:65)
     at java.io.BufferedOutputStream.write(BufferedOutputStream.java:109)
     at java.io.ObjectOutputStream$BlockDataOutputStream.drain(ObjectOutputStream.java:1838)
     at java.io.ObjectOutputStream$BlockDataOutputStream.setBlockDataMode(ObjectOutputStream.java:1747)
     at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeFatalException(ObjectOutputStream.java:1541)
     at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:329)
     at org.jboss.remoting.serialization.impl.java.JavaSerializationManager.sendObjectVersion2_2(JavaSerializationManager.java:120)
     at org.jboss.remoting.serialization.impl.java.JavaSerializationManager.sendObject(JavaSerializationManager.java:95)
     at org.jboss.remoting.marshal.serializable.SerializableMarshaller.write(SerializableMarshaller.java:120)
     at org.jboss.invocation.unified.marshall.InvocationMarshaller.write(InvocationMarshaller.java:75)
     at org.jboss.remoting.transport.socket.MicroSocketClientInvoker.versionedWrite(MicroSocketClientInvoker.java:1323)
     at org.jboss.remoting.transport.socket.MicroSocketClientInvoker.transport(MicroSocketClientInvoker.java:861)
     at org.jboss.remoting.MicroRemoteClientInvoker.invoke(MicroRemoteClientInvoker.java:167)
     at org.jboss.remoting.Client.invoke(Client.java:1917)
     at org.jboss.remoting.Client.invoke(Client.java:768)
     at org.jboss.invocation.unified.interfaces.UnifiedInvokerProxy.invoke(UnifiedInvokerProxy.java:184)
     at org.jboss.invocation.InvokerInterceptor.invokeInvoker(InvokerInterceptor.java:365)
     at org.jboss.invocation.InvokerInterceptor.invoke(InvokerInterceptor.java:197)
     at org.jboss.proxy.TransactionInterceptor.invoke(TransactionInterceptor.java:61)
     at org.jboss.proxy.ejb.SecurityContextInterceptor.invoke(SecurityContextInterceptor.java:64)
     at org.jboss.proxy.SecurityInterceptor.invoke(SecurityInterceptor.java:68)
     at org.jboss.proxy.ejb.StatelessSessionInterceptor.invoke(StatelessSessionInterceptor.java:112)
     at org.jboss.proxy.ClientContainer.invoke(ClientContainer.java:101)
     at $Proxy21.getCardProductTotals(Unknown Source)
     at nz.co.fal.ifcs.card.model.CardBO.getCardProductTotals(CardBO.java:71)
     at nz.co.fal.ifcs.client.models.customer.CustCardProductTotalEnquiryModel.read(CustCardProductTotalEnquiryModel.java:26)
     at nz.co.fal.ifcs.client.models.base.ProductTotalsEnquiryBaseModel.read(ProductTotalsEnquiryBaseModel.java:1)
     at nz.co.fal.ifcs.client.actionmanagers.base.AbstractActionManager.doRead(AbstractActionManager.java:359)
     at nz.co.fal.ifcs.client.actionmanagers.base.AbstractActionManager.doReadAll(AbstractActionManager.java:1481)
     at nz.co.fal.ifcs.client.actionmanagers.base.AbstractActionManager.doTableReadNext(AbstractActionManager.java:2314)
     at nz.co.fal.ifcs.client.viewers.base.ViewerPanel$2.actionPerformed(ViewerPanel.java:120)
     at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:1995)
     at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2318)
     at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:387)
     at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:242)
     at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(BasicButtonListener.java:236)
     at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.mouseReleased(AWTEventMulticaster.java:272)
     at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6263)
     at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3267)
     at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:6028)
     at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2041)
     at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4630)
     at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2099)
     at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4460)
     at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4574)
     at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:4238)
     at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:4168)
     at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2085)
     at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2478)
     at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4460)
     at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:599)
     at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:269)
     at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:184)
     at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:174)
     at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:169)
     at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:161)
     at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:122)
Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLException: java.net.SocketException: Software caused connection abort: socket write error
     at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Alerts.java:190)
     at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.fatal(SSLSocketImpl.java:1623)
     at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.fatal(SSLSocketImpl.java:1586)
     at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.handleException(SSLSocketImpl.java:1550)
     at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.handleException(SSLSocketImpl.java:1495)
     at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.AppOutputStream.write(AppOutputStream.java:64)
     at java.io.BufferedOutputStream.flushBuffer(BufferedOutputStream.java:65)
     at java.io.BufferedOutputStream.write(BufferedOutputStream.java:109)
     at java.io.ObjectOutputStream$BlockDataOutputStream.write(ObjectOutputStream.java:1814)
     at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.write(ObjectOutputStream.java:662)
     at org.jboss.invocation.MarshalledValue.writeExternal(MarshalledValue.java:185)
     at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeExternalData(ObjectOutputStream.java:1421)
     at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeOrdinaryObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:1390)
     at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject0(ObjectOutputStream.java:1150)
     at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:326)
     at org.jboss.invocation.MarshalledInvocation.writeExternal(MarshalledInvocation.java:570)
     at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeExternalData(ObjectOutputStream.java:1421)
     at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeOrdinaryObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:1390)
     at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject0(ObjectOutputStream.java:1150)
     at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.defaultWriteFields(ObjectOutputStream.java:1509)
     at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeSerialData(ObjectOutputStream.java:1474)
     at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeOrdinaryObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:1392)
     at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject0(ObjectOutputStream.java:1150)
     at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:326)
     ... 51 more
Caused by: java.net.SocketException: Software caused connection abort: socket write error
     at java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite0(Native Method)
     at java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite(SocketOutputStream.java:92)
     at java.net.SocketOutputStream.write(SocketOutputStream.java:136)
     at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.OutputRecord.writeBuffer(OutputRecord.java:295)
     at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.OutputRecord.write(OutputRecord.java:284)
     at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.writeRecordInternal(SSLSocketImpl.java:734)
     at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.writeRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:722)
     at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.AppOutputStream.write(AppOutputStream.java:59)
     ... 69 more