JVM crash in oopDesc::size_given_klass with current thread GCTaskThread

Issue

• The java process (e.g. JBoss) crashes with the following error:

#  SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x00007fe1cdbeb9e1, pid=2613, tid=0x00007fe1bc3b8700
#
# JRE version: OpenJDK Runtime Environment (8.0_262-b10) (build 1.8.0_262-b10)
# Java VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (25.262-b10 mixed mode linux-amd64 )
# Problematic frame:
# V  [libjvm.so+0x65a9e1]  oopDesc::size_given_klass(Klass*)+0x1
...
Current thread (0x00005636b0413800):  GCTaskThread [stack: 0x00007fe1bc2b9000,0x00007fe1bc3b9000] [id=2630]
...
Stack: [0x00007fcbcc578000,0x00007fcbcc678000],  sp=0x00007fcbcc676c50,  free space=1019k
Native frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code, C=native code)
V  [libjvm.so+0x645b71]  oopDesc::size_given_klass(Klass*)+0x1
V  [libjvm.so+0x9310dc]  ParScanThreadState::trim_queues(int)+0xfc
V  [libjvm.so+0x9312ca]  ParEvacuateFollowersClosure::do_void()+0x2a
V  [libjvm.so+0x92e4d0]  ParNewGenTask::work(unsigned int)+0x1b0
V  [libjvm.so+0xaef8a8]  GangWorker::loop()+0xd8
V  [libjvm.so+0x90a8b2]  java_start(Thread*)+0x102

• Using the Concurrent Mark Sweep (CMS) collector (-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC).

• The young generation is full, both the "from" and "to" space are occupied , and there is plenty of free space in the old generation:

Heap:
 par new generation   total 58026688K, used 58026688K [0x00007f8e3cc00000, 0x00007f9ce2c00000, 0x00007f9ce2c00000)
  eden space 54613376K, 100% used [0x00007f8e3cc00000, 0x00007f9b42160000, 0x00007f9b42160000)
  from space 3413312K, 100% used [0x00007f9c126b0000, 0x00007f9ce2c00000, 0x00007f9ce2c00000)
  to   space 3413312K,  99% used [0x00007f9b42160000, 0x00007f9c125c4800, 0x00007f9c126b0000)
 concurrent mark-sweep generation total 288768000K, used 180587371K [0x00007f9ce2c00000, 0x00007fe1bbc00000, 0x00007fe1bbc00000)
 Metaspace       used 389569K, capacity 410421K, committed 779008K, reserved 780288K