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I got a JVM crash on a production server. It generated a log in /tmp/jvm-32627/hs_error.log . The beginning of the file is: # A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment: # # SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x00007f4cdd7fba55, pid=32627, tid=139964606174976 # # JRE version: OpenJDK Runtime Environment (7.0_79-b14) (build 1.7.0_79-mockbuild_2015_07_24_09_26-b00) # Java VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (24.79-b02 mixed mode linux-amd64 compressed oops) # Derivative: IcedTea 2.5.5 # Distribution: CentOS release 6.6 (Final), package rhel-2.5.5.4.el6-x86_64 u79-b14 # Problematic frame: # V

I mentioned a small demo. in Setting up policies for an Applet embedded in HTML & an Iced Tea JRE user commented that the demo. failed for them. They refused permission to the applet (thereby limiting it to the sand-box) & were supposed to see the green colored 'this applet is sand-boxed' page. Instead the applet completely failed and they saw a 'gray space' where the applet should have been. I am WAGing that it was attempting to instantiate a File object that is the difference. I.E. The Sun/Oracle JRE will allow it without problem, only throwing a security exception when the applet attempts