Heap is fully consumed by BouncyCastle objects

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Out of memory errors are seen in JBoss instances.
  • Examining the heap dump shows the majority of memory is consumed by BouncyCastle:
Class Name                                        | Objects | Shallow Heap | Retained Heap
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org.bouncycastle.jce.provider.BouncyCastleProvider|   5,440 |      522,240 | 1,601,020,200
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Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6
  • BouncyCastle 1.47

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