JDK 8u172 Release Notes
Java SE 8u172 Bundled Patch Release (BPR) - Bug Fixes and Updates
The following sections summarize changes made in all Java SE 8u172 BPRs. Bug fixes and any other changes are listed below in date order, most current BPR first. Note that bug fixes in previous BPR are also included in the current BPR.
To determine the version of your JDK software, use the following command:
java -version
Changes in Java SE 8u172 b37
Bug Fixes
| BugId | Component | Subcomponent | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8189161 (Confidential) | deploy | deployment_toolkit | JWS: Method required to clean up all running instances by jnlp.sis.sessionid |
| 8189098 (Confidential) | deploy | webstart | JWS: Request for a method to limit the number of JVMs running on the client |
Changes in Java SE 8u172 b35
Bug Fixes
| BugId | Component | Subcomponent | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8200359 | core-libs | java.time | (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018d |
| 8196491 | xml | jax-ws | Newlines in JAXB string values of SOAP-requests are escaped to " " |
| 8164480 | hotspot | compiler | Crash with assert(handler_address == SharedRuntime::compute_compiled_exc_handler(..) failed: Must be the same |
| 8194690 | deploy | webstart | JRE bundled in App-V package will not start Java Web Start applications |
| 8199304 | deploy | webstart | javaws.exe failed to launch UTF-8 encoded JNLP file |
| 8196011 | javafx | web | Intermittent crash when using WebView from JFXPanel applications |
Changes in Java SE 8u172 b31
Please note that fixes from prior BPR (8u162 b37) are included in this version.
Bug Fixes
| BugId | Component | Subcomponent | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8198794 | hotspot | runtime | Hotspot crash on Cassandra 3.11.1 startup with libnuma 2.0.3 |
| 8197518 | security-libs | org.ietf.jgss | Kerberos krb5 authentication: AuthList's put method leads to performance issue |
| 8199406 | hotspot | gc | Performance drop with Java JDK 1.8.0_162-b32 |
Java™ SE Development Kit 8, Update 172 (JDK 8u172)
April 17, 2018
The full version string for this update release is 1.8.0_172-b11 (where "b" means "build"). The version number is 8u172.
IANA Data 2018c
JDK 8u172 contains IANA time zone data version 2018c. For more information, refer to Timezone Data Versions in the JRE Software.
Security Baselines
The security baselines for the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) at the time of the release of JDK 8u172 are specified in the following table:
| JRE Family Version | JRE Security Baseline (Full Version String) |
|---|---|
| 8 | 1.8.0_171-b11 |
| 7 | 1.7.0_181-b09 |
| 6 | 1.6.0_191-b09 |
JRE Expiration Date
The JRE expires whenever a new release with security vulnerability fixes becomes available. Critical patch updates, which contain security vulnerability fixes, are announced one year in advance on Critical Patch Updates, Security Alerts and Third Party Bulletin. This JRE (version 8u172) will expire with the release of the next critical patch update scheduled for July 17, 2018.
For systems unable to reach the Oracle Servers, a secondary mechanism expires this JRE (version 8u172) on August 17, 2018. After either condition is met (new release becoming available or expiration date reached), the JRE will provide additional warnings and reminders to users to update to the newer version. For more information, see JRE Expiration Date.
Known Issues
Description for Toolkit.getImage() and Toolkit.createImage()
The changes made under JDK-8033530 introduced an inconsistency between the implementation for and the documentation of the following methods:
java.awt.Toolkit.getImage(URL u)java.awt.Toolkit.createimage(URL u)
The description in the API document should read:
This method first checks if there is a security manager installed. If so, the method calls the security managers checkPermission() method with the corresponding permission to ensure that the access to the image or the image creation is allowed. If the connection to the specified URL requires either URLPermission or SocketPermission, then URLPermission is used for security checks.
JDK-8154405
Changes
Touch Keyboard for Swing/AWT Text Components
This release adds support for automatically showing the touch keyboard for Swing/AWT text components on Microsoft Windows 8 or later. A user can display the touch keyboard either by using a touch screen to tap the text component area or by using a mouse to click in the area, when a keyboard is not attached to a computer.
The system property awt.touchKeyboardAutoShowIsEnabled controls whether this functionality is enabled in the JDK. This functionality is enabled by default. However, if the functionality is not needed, the user can switch it off from the command line by setting the system property to false:
-Dawt.touchKeyboardAutoShowIsEnabled=false
See JDK-8166772
Bug Fixes
This release contains fixes for security vulnerabilities described in the Oracle Critical Patch Update.
| # | BugId | Component | Subcomponent | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JDK-8130400 | client-libs | 2d | Test java/awt/image/DrawImage/IncorrectClipXorModeSurface2Surface.java fails with ClassCastException |
| 2 | JDK-8080444 | client-libs | demo | Update SwingSet2 to use installed L&Fs instead of hard-coded list. |
| 3 | JDK-8147542 | client-libs | java.awt | Linux: ClassCastException when repainting after display resolution change |
| 4 | JDK-8166772 | client-libs | java.awt | Touch keyboard is not shown for text components on a screen touch |
| 5 | JDK-8188855 | core-libs | Fix VS10 build after "8187658: Bigger buffer for GetAdaptersAddresses" | |
| 6 | JDK-8154017 | core-libs | java.lang | Shutdown hooks are racing against shutdown sequence, if System.exit()-calling thread is interrupted |
| 7 | JDK-8187658 | core-libs | java.net | Bigger buffer for GetAdaptersAddresses |
| 8 | JDK-8165466 | core-libs | java.text | DecimalFormat percentage format can contain unexpected % |
| 9 | JDK-8136356 | core-libs | java.util:i18n | Add time zone mappings on Windows |
| 10 | JDK-8169424 | core-libs | javax.script | src/share/sample/scripting/scriptpad/src/scripts/memory.sh missing #! |
| 11 | JDK-8079510 | core-svc | java.lang.management | AIX: avoid UnsatisfiedLinkError by providing empty basic implementations of getSystemCpuLoad and getProcessCpuLoad |
| 12 | JDK-8177721 | core-svc | javax.management | Improve diagnostics in sun.management.Agent#startAgent() |
| 13 | JDK-8185498 | deploy | plugin | Console log shows that cert is expired (but TSA valid) although no certs in chain is expired. |
| 14 | JDK-8187822 | hotspot | compiler | C2 conditonal move optimization might create broken graph |
| 15 | JDK-8170358 | hotspot | gc | [REDO] 8k class metaspace chunks misallocated from 4k chunk freelist |
| 16 | JDK-8170395 | hotspot | gc | Metaspace initialization queries the wrong chunk freelist |
| 17 | JDK-8187629 | hotspot | runtime | NMT: Memory miscounting in compiler (C2) |
| 18 | JDK-8184991 | hotspot | runtime | NMT detail diff should take memory type into account |
| 19 | JDK-8139673 | hotspot | runtime | NMT stack traces in output should show mt component |
| 20 | JDK-8187685 | hotspot | runtime | NMT: Tracking compiler memory usage of thread's resource area |
| 21 | JDK-8187331 | hotspot | runtime | VirtualSpaceList tracks free space on wrong node |
| 22 | JDK-8055755 | hotspot | svc | Information about loaded dynamic libraries is wrong on MacOSX. |
| 23 | JDK-8031304 | hotspot | svc | Add dcmd to print all loaded dynamic libraries. |
| 24 | JDK-8059036 | hotspot | svc | Implement Diagnostic Commands for heap and finalizerinfo |
| 25 | JDK-8044107 | hotspot | svc | Add Diagnostic Command to list all ClassLoaders |
| 26 | JDK-8189265 | javafx | controls | Closing stage does not free internal resources |
| 27 | JDK-8183100 | javafx | controls | Styles not applied reliably after Java 8u92 |
| 28 | JDK-8178275 | javafx | samples | Ensemble: Upgrade version of Lucene to 7.1.0 |
| 29 | JDK-8189280 | javafx | swing | Memory leak in SwingNode if Stage is not shown |
| 30 | JDK-8185634 | javafx | swing | Java Fx-Swing dialogs appearing behind main stage |
| 31 | JDK-8187928 | javafx | web | [WebView] Images copied from clipboard not written in source file format |
| 32 | JDK-8187726 | javafx | web | [WebView] Copy and Paste of Image not resulting in expected behavior |
| 33 | JDK-8090011 | javafx | web | 'tab' key makes control loose focus |
| 34 | JDK-8191035 | javafx | web | WebView Canvas Graphics2D arc renders incorrectly |
| 35 | JDK-8088925 | javafx | web | Non opaque background cause NumberFormatException |
| 36 | JDK-8187985 | security-libs | java.security | Broken certificate number in debug output |