JVM crash in CompactibleFreeListSpace::compact()

Issue

The JVM crashed with the fatal error log containing:

Stack: [0x00007f7c4852e000,0x00007f7c4862f000],  sp=0x00007f7c4862d4f0,  free space=1021k
Native frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code, C=native code)
V  [libjvm.so+0x3954f7]  CompactibleFreeListSpace::compact()+0x87
V  [libjvm.so+0x47bdbc]  Generation::compact()+0x2c
V  [libjvm.so+0x46faa4]  GenMarkSweep::invoke_at_safepoint(int, ReferenceProcessor*, bool)+0x3a4
V  [libjvm.so+0x3c0189]  CMSCollector::do_compaction_work(bool)+0x1f9
V  [libjvm.so+0x3bfba0]  CMSCollector::acquire_control_and_collect(bool, bool)+0x160
V  [libjvm.so+0x3bf8a8]  ConcurrentMarkSweepGeneration::collect(bool, bool, unsigned long, bool)+0xf8
V  [libjvm.so+0x46cb2a]  GenCollectedHeap::do_collection(bool, bool, unsigned long, bool, int)+0x51a
V  [libjvm.so+0x38ae25]  GenCollectorPolicy::satisfy_failed_allocation(unsigned long, bool)+0xc5
V  [libjvm.so+0x46d19d]  GenCollectedHeap::satisfy_failed_allocation(unsigned long, bool)+0x2d
V  [libjvm.so+0x85fb8d]  VM_GenCollectForAllocation::doit()+0x5d
V  [libjvm.so+0x86d7ea]  VM_Operation::evaluate()+0x4a
V  [libjvm.so+0x86cdb2]  VMThread::evaluate_operation(VM_Operation*)+0x82
V  [libjvm.so+0x86d028]  VMThread::loop()+0x198
V  [libjvm.so+0x86cb2e]  VMThread::run()+0x6e
V  [libjvm.so+0x710bdf]  java_start(Thread*)+0x13f

VM_Operation (0x00007f7c41289110): GenCollectForAllocation, mode: safepoint, requested by thread 0x00007f7c140e4000