NullPointerException in com.sun.crypto.provider.GCTR.reset

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • We occasionally see no response from JBoss with the following error:
java.lang.NullPointerException: null
        at java.lang.System.arraycopy(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_40]
        at com.sun.crypto.provider.GCTR.reset(GCTR.java:125) ~[sunjce_provider.jar:1.8.0_20]
        at com.sun.crypto.provider.GCTR.doFinal(GCTR.java:116) ~[sunjce_provider.jar:1.8.0_20]
        at com.sun.crypto.provider.GaloisCounterMode.doLastBlock(GaloisCounterMode.java:343) ~[sunjce_provider.jar:1.8.0_20]
        at com.sun.crypto.provider.GaloisCounterMode.decryptFinal(GaloisCounterMode.java:511) ~[sunjce_provider.jar:1.8.0_20]
        at com.sun.crypto.provider.CipherCore.finalNoPadding(CipherCore.java:1023) ~[sunjce_provider.jar:1.8.0_20]
        at com.sun.crypto.provider.CipherCore.doFinal(CipherCore.java:960) ~[sunjce_provider.jar:1.8.0_20]
        at com.sun.crypto.provider.AESCipher.engineDoFinal(AESCipher.java:479) ~[sunjce_provider.jar:1.8.0_20]
        at javax.crypto.CipherSpi.bufferCrypt(CipherSpi.java:830) ~[?:1.8.0_20]
        at javax.crypto.CipherSpi.engineDoFinal(CipherSpi.java:730) ~[?:1.8.0_20]
        at javax.crypto.Cipher.doFinal(Cipher.java:2460) ~[?:1.8.0_20]
        at sun.security.ssl.CipherBox.decrypt(CipherBox.java:535) ~[?:1.8.0_40]
        at sun.security.ssl.EngineInputRecord.decrypt(EngineInputRecord.java:200) ~[?:1.8.0_40]
        at sun.security.ssl.SSLEngineImpl.readRecord(SSLEngineImpl.java:974) ~[?:1.8.0_40]
        at sun.security.ssl.SSLEngineImpl.readNetRecord(SSLEngineImpl.java:907) ~[?:1.8.0_40]
        at sun.security.ssl.SSLEngineImpl.unwrap(SSLEngineImpl.java:781) ~[?:1.8.0_40]
        at io.undertow.protocols.ssl.ALPNHackSSLEngine.unwrap(ALPNHackSSLEngine.java:265) ~[undertow-core-2.2.5.Final-redhat-00001.jar!/:2.2.5.Final-redhat-00001]

Environment

  • Java 8
  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 7.x

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