java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary throws NullPointerException after java update to OpenJDK 1.8.242

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Issue

After updating to OpenJDK 8u242, we started seeing the following NullPointerException from java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary when trying to start our application:

Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:1847) [rt.jar:1.8.0_242]
    at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Runtime.java:871) [rt.jar:1.8.0_242]
    at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java:1124) [rt.jar:1.8.0_242]

Environment

  • OpenJDK
    • 1.8u242

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