# HG changeset patch # User Andrew John Hughes # Date 1512754873 0 # Node ID d8d7d39b825382b90841790226f62eca7c725b2b # Parent 815ac08b2ac777cd8c7129b1510daf2dd3919086 Add 2.6.12 release notes. 2017-12-08 Andrew John Hughes * NEWS: Add 2.6.12 release notes. diff -r 815ac08b2ac7 -r d8d7d39b8253 ChangeLog --- a/ChangeLog Wed Nov 15 17:00:40 2017 +0000 +++ b/ChangeLog Fri Dec 08 17:41:13 2017 +0000 @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2017-12-08 Andrew John Hughes + + * NEWS: Add 2.6.12 release notes. + 2017-11-14 Andrew John Hughes PR3494: Skip AES test on AArch64 due to VM crash diff -r 815ac08b2ac7 -r d8d7d39b8253 NEWS --- a/NEWS Wed Nov 15 17:00:40 2017 +0000 +++ b/NEWS Fri Dec 08 17:41:13 2017 +0000 @@ -19,19 +19,124 @@ - PR3493: Run AES test to test intrinsics * Backports - S8076221, PR2809, RH1302385: Disable RC4 cipher suites + - S8078823, PR2809: javax/net/ssl/ciphersuites/DisabledAlgorithms.java fails intermittently + - S8148516, PR2809: Improve the default strength of EC in JDK [test/javax/net/ssl/ciphersuites/DisabledAlgorithms.java update] +* Bug fixes + - PR3162: Remove reference to AbstractPlainDatagramSocketImpl.c, removed in 8072466 + - PR3494: Skip AES test on AArch64 due to VM crash + +New in release 2.6.12 (2017-12-05): + +* Security fixes + - S8165543: Better window framing + - S8169026, CVE-2017-10274: Handle smartcard clean up better + - S8169966: Larger AWT menus + - S8170218: Improved Font Metrics + - S8171252: Improve exception checking + - S8171261: Stability fixes for lcms + - S8174109, CVE-2017-10281: Better queuing priorities + - S8174966, CVE-2017-10285: Unreferenced references + - S8175940: More certificate subject checking + - S8176751, CVE-2017-10295: Better URL connections + - S8178794, CVE-2017-10388: Correct Kerberos ticket grants + - S8179101, CVE-2017-10193: Improve algorithm constraints implementation + - S8179998, CVE-2017-10198: Clear certificate chain connections + - S8180024: Improve construction of objects during deserialization + - S8180711, CVE-2017-10346: Better invokespecial checks + - S8181100, CVE-2017-10350: Better Base Exceptions + - S8181323, CVE-2017-10347: Better timezone processing + - S8181327, CVE-2017-10349: Better X processing + - S8181370, CVE-2017-10345: Better keystore handling + - S8181432, CVE-2017-10348: Better processing of unresolved permissions + - S8181597, CVE-2017-10357: Process Proxy presentation + - S8181612, CVE-2017-10355: More stable connection processing + - S8181692, CVE-2017-10356: Update storage implementations + - S8183028, CVE-2016-10165: Improve CMS header processing + - S8184682, CVE-2016-9840, CVE-2016-9841, CVE-2016-9842, CVE-2016-9843: Upgrade compression library +* Import of OpenJDK 7 u161 build 0 + - S6475361: Attempting to remove help menu from java.awt.MenuBar throws NullPointerException + - S6637288: Add OCSP support to PKIX CertPathBuilder implementation + - S6854712: Revocation checking enhancements (JEP-124) + - S6904367: (coll) IdentityHashMap is resized before exceeding the expected maximum size + - S7015157: String "Tabular Navigation" should be rephrased for avoiding mistranslation + - S7115744: Do not call File::deleteOnExit in security tests + - S7126011: ReverseBuilder.getMatchingCACerts may throws NPE + - S7147336: clarification on warning of keytool -printcrl + - S7162687: enhance KDC server availability detection + - S7176627: CertPath/jep124/PreferCRL_SoftFail test fails (Could not determine revocation status) + - S7195409: CertPath/CertPathValidatorTest/KeyParamsInheritanceTest fails with NullPointerException + - S7196382: PKCS11 provider should support 2048-bit DH + - S7197672: There are issues with shared data on windows + - S7199939: DSA 576 and 640 bit keys fail when initializing for No precomputed parameters + - S8002074: Support for AES on SPARC + - S8005408: KeyStore API enhancements + - S8006863: javadoc cleanup for 8005408 + - S8006946: PKCS12 test failure due to incorrect alias name + - S8006951: Avoid storing duplicate PKCS12 attributes + - S8006994: Cleanup PKCS12 tests to ensure streams get closed + - S8007483: attributes are ignored when loading keys from a PKCS12 keystore + - S8007967: Infinite loop can happen in sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilder.depthFirstSearchForward() + - S8010112: NullPointerException in sun.security.provider.certpath.CertId() + - S8012900: CICO ignores AAD in GCM mode (with refactoring from 6996769) + - S8015571: OCSP validation fails if ocsp.responderCertSubjectName is set + - S8016252: More defensive HashSet.readObject + - S8025215: jdk8 l10n resource file translation update 4 + - S8026943: SQE test jce/Global/Cipher/SameBuffer failed + - S8027575: b113 causing a lot of memory allocation and regression for wls_webapp_atomics + - S8029659: Keytool, print key algorithm of certificate or key entry + - S8029788: Certificate validation - java.lang.ClassCastException + - S8031825: OCSP client can't find responder cert if it uses a different subject key id algorithm than responderID + - S8033117: PPC64: Adapt to 8002074: Support for AES on SPARC + - S8035623: [parfait] JNI exception pending in jdk/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_Font.cpp + - S8049312: AES/CICO test failed with on several modes + - S8050374: More Signature tests + - S8057810: New defaults for DSA keys in jarsigner and keytool + - S8062552: Support keystore type detection for JKS and PKCS12 keystores + - S8068427: Hashtable deserialization reconstitutes table with wrong capacity + - S8068881: SIGBUS in C2 compiled method weblogic.wsee.jaxws.framework.jaxrpc.EnvironmentFactory$SimulatedWsdlDefinitions. - S8075484, PR3474, RH1490713: SocketInputStream.socketRead0 can hang even with soTimeout set - - S8078823, PR2809: javax/net/ssl/ciphersuites/DisabledAlgorithms.java fails intermittently + - S8077670: sun/security/krb5/auto/MaxRetries.java may fail with BindException + - S8079129: NullPointerException in PKCS#12 Keystore in PKCS12KeyStore.java + - S8087144: sun/security/krb5/auto/MaxRetries.java fails with Retry count is -1 less + - S8136534: Loading JKS keystore using non-null InputStream results in closed stream + - S8149411: PKCS12KeyStore cannot extract AES Secret Keys + - S8153146: sun/security/krb5/auto/MaxRetries.java failed with timeout + - S8157561: Ship the unlimited policy files in JDK Updates + - S8158517: Minor optimizations to ISO10126PADDING + - S8164846: CertificateException missing cause of underlying exception + - S8165751: NPE hit with java.security.debug=provider + - S8171319: keytool should print out warnings when reading or generating cert/cert req using weak algorithms + - S8173853: IllegalArgumentException in java.awt.image.ReplicateScaleFilter + - S8176536: Improved algorithm constraints checking + - S8177569: keytool should not warn if signature algorithm used in cacerts is weak + - S8178714: PKIX validator nameConstraints check failing after change 8175940 + - S8179423: 2 security tests started failing for JDK 1.6.0 u161 b05 + - S8179564: Missing @bug for tests added with JDK-8165367 + - S8181048: Refactor existing providers to refer to the same constants for default values for key length + - S8182879: Add warnings to keytool when using JKS and JCEKS + - S8184673, PR3476: Fix compatibility issue in AlgorithmChecker for 3rd party JCE providers + - S8184937: LCMS error 13: Couldn't link the profiles + - S8185039: Incorrect GPL header causes RE script to miss swap to commercial header for licensee source bundle + - S8185040: Incorrect GPL header causes RE script to miss swap to commercial header for licensee source bundle + - S8185778: 8u151 L10n resource file update + - S8185845: Add SecurityTools.java test library + - S8186503: sun/security/tools/jarsigner/DefaultSigalg.java failed after backport to JDK 6/7/8 + - S8186533: 8u151 L10n resource file update md20 + - S8191137: keytool fails to format resource strings for keys for some languages after JDK-8171319 + - S8191840: Update localizations with positional arguments following JDK-8191137 + - S8191845: [TEST_BUG] Too many new-lines in backport of WeakAlg test +* Import of OpenJDK 7 u151 build 1 + - S8035640: JNU_CHECK_EXCEPTION should support c++ JNI syntax +* Backports - S8138745, PR3465, RH1484399: Implement ExitOnOutOfMemory and CrashOnOutOfMemory in HotSpot - - S8148516, PR2809: Improve the default strength of EC in JDK [test/javax/net/ssl/ciphersuites/DisabledAlgorithms.java update] - S8185164, PR3433: GetOwnedMonitorInfo() returns incorrect owned monitor - S8188030, PR3460, RH1484079: AWT java apps fail to start when some minimal fonts are present * Bug fixes - - PR3162: Remove reference to AbstractPlainDatagramSocketImpl.c, removed in 8072466 - PR3470, RH1492139: Hotspot object_alloc tapset uses HeapWordSize incorrectly - PR3480, RH1486025: ECC and NSS JVM crash - - PR3494: Skip AES test on AArch64 due to VM crash * AArch64 port - S8145438, PR3443, RH1482244: Guarantee failures since 8144028: Use AArch64 bit-test instructions in C2 + - PR3497: AArch64: Adapt to 8002074: Support for AES on SPARC New in release 2.6.11 (2017-08-08):