JVM is crashing with a SIGSEGV at "JNIHandleBlock::allocate_handle"

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • JVM is crashing with a SIGSEGV at "JNIHandleBlock::allocate_handle" generating an hs_err* file.
#
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
#  SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x00002b9184f12035, pid=17793, tid=1164872000
#
# JRE version: 6.0_31-b04
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (20.6-b01 mixed mode linux-amd64 compressed oops)
# Problematic frame:
# V  [libjvm.so+0x54a035]  JNIHandleBlock::allocate_handle(oopDesc*)+0xa5
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
#   http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport/crash.jsp
#

---------------  T H R E A D  ---------------

Current thread (0x00000000616eb000):  JavaThread "ajp-170.221.2.6-28009-9" daemon [_thread_in_vm, id=13236, stack(0x00000000455e8000,0x00000000456e9000)]

Environment

  • Sun/Oracle Java
    • 1.6 update 31 and lower

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