--- a/src/share/classes/java/lang/Class.java	Wed Aug 07 18:58:28 2013 +0400
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/lang/Class.java	Mon Dec 01 21:02:21 2014 +0100
@@ -629,6 +629,8 @@
     ClassLoader getClassLoader0() { return classLoader; }
 
     // Initialized in JVM not by private constructor
+    // This field is filtered from reflection access, i.e. getDeclaredField
+    // will throw NoSuchFieldException
     private final ClassLoader classLoader;
 
     /**

--- a/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/AccessibleObject.java	Wed Aug 07 18:58:28 2013 +0400
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/AccessibleObject.java	Mon Dec 01 21:02:21 2014 +0100
@@ -140,13 +140,6 @@
                 throw new SecurityException("Cannot make a java.lang.Class" +
                                             " constructor accessible");
             }
-        } else if (obj instanceof Field && flag == true) {
-            Field f = (Field)obj;
-            if (f.getDeclaringClass() == Class.class &&
-                f.getName().equals("classLoader")) {
-                throw new SecurityException("Cannot make java.lang.Class.classLoader" +
-                                            " accessible");
-            }
         }
         obj.override = flag;
     }

--- a/src/share/classes/sun/reflect/Reflection.java	Wed Aug 07 18:58:28 2013 +0400
+++ b/src/share/classes/sun/reflect/Reflection.java	Mon Dec 01 21:02:21 2014 +0100
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
         map.put(Reflection.class,
             new String[] {"fieldFilterMap", "methodFilterMap"});
         map.put(System.class, new String[] {"security"});
+        map.put(Class.class, new String[] {"classLoader"});
         fieldFilterMap = map;
 
         methodFilterMap = new HashMap<Class,String[]>();

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/java/lang/Class/getDeclaredField/ClassDeclaredFieldsTest.java	Mon Dec 01 21:02:21 2014 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.lang.reflect.ReflectPermission;
+import java.security.CodeSource;
+import java.security.Permission;
+import java.security.PermissionCollection;
+import java.security.Permissions;
+import java.security.Policy;
+import java.security.ProtectionDomain;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+
+/**
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8065552
+ * @summary test that all fields returned by getDeclaredFields() can be
+ *          set accessible if the right permission is granted; this test
+ *          also verifies that Class.classLoader final private field is
+ *          hidden from reflection access.
+ * @run main/othervm ClassDeclaredFieldsTest UNSECURE
+ * @run main/othervm ClassDeclaredFieldsTest SECURE
+ *
+ * @author danielfuchs
+ */
+public class ClassDeclaredFieldsTest {
+
+    // Test with or without a security manager
+    public static enum TestCase {
+        UNSECURE, SECURE;
+        public void run() throws Exception {
+            System.out.println("Running test case: " + name());
+            Configure.setUp(this);
+            test(this);
+        }
+    }
+    /**
+     * @param args the command line arguments
+     */
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        System.out.println(System.getProperty("java.version"));
+        if (args == null || args.length == 0) {
+            args = new String[] { "SECURE" };
+        } else if (args.length != 1) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Only one arg expected: "
+                    + Arrays.asList(args));
+        }
+        TestCase.valueOf(args[0]).run();
+    }
+
+    static void test(TestCase test) {
+        for (Field f : Class.class.getDeclaredFields()) {
+            f.setAccessible(true);
+            System.out.println("Field "+f.getName()+" is now accessible.");
+            if (f.getName().equals("classLoader")) {
+                throw new RuntimeException("Found "+f.getName()+" field!");
+            }
+        }
+        try {
+            Class.class.getDeclaredField("classLoader");
+            throw new RuntimeException("Expected NoSuchFieldException for"
+                    + " 'classLoader' field not raised");
+        } catch(NoSuchFieldException x) {
+            System.out.println("Got expected exception: " + x);
+        }
+        System.out.println("Passed "+test);
+    }
+
+    // A helper class to configure the security manager for the test,
+    // and bypass it when needed.
+    static class Configure {
+        static Policy policy = null;
+        static final ThreadLocal<AtomicBoolean> allowAll = new ThreadLocal<AtomicBoolean>() {
+            @Override
+            protected AtomicBoolean initialValue() {
+                return  new AtomicBoolean(false);
+            }
+        };
+        static void setUp(TestCase test) {
+            switch (test) {
+                case SECURE:
+                    if (policy == null && System.getSecurityManager() != null) {
+                        throw new IllegalStateException("SecurityManager already set");
+                    } else if (policy == null) {
+                        policy = new SimplePolicy(TestCase.SECURE, allowAll);
+                        Policy.setPolicy(policy);
+                        System.setSecurityManager(new SecurityManager());
+                    }
+                    if (System.getSecurityManager() == null) {
+                        throw new IllegalStateException("No SecurityManager.");
+                    }
+                    if (policy == null) {
+                        throw new IllegalStateException("policy not configured");
+                    }
+                    break;
+                case UNSECURE:
+                    if (System.getSecurityManager() != null) {
+                        throw new IllegalStateException("SecurityManager already set");
+                    }
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    throw new InternalError("No such testcase: " + test);
+            }
+        }
+        static void doPrivileged(Runnable run) {
+            allowAll.get().set(true);
+            try {
+                run.run();
+            } finally {
+                allowAll.get().set(false);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // A Helper class to build a set of permissions.
+    final static class PermissionsBuilder {
+        final Permissions perms;
+        public PermissionsBuilder() {
+            this(new Permissions());
+        }
+        public PermissionsBuilder(Permissions perms) {
+            this.perms = perms;
+        }
+        public PermissionsBuilder add(Permission p) {
+            perms.add(p);
+            return this;
+        }
+        public PermissionsBuilder addAll(PermissionCollection col) {
+            if (col != null) {
+                for (Enumeration<Permission> e = col.elements(); e.hasMoreElements(); ) {
+                    perms.add(e.nextElement());
+                }
+            }
+            return this;
+        }
+        public Permissions toPermissions() {
+            final PermissionsBuilder builder = new PermissionsBuilder();
+            builder.addAll(perms);
+            return builder.perms;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Policy for the test...
+    public static class SimplePolicy extends Policy {
+
+        final Permissions permissions;
+        final Permissions allPermissions;
+        final ThreadLocal<AtomicBoolean> allowAll; // actually: this should be in a thread locale
+        public SimplePolicy(TestCase test, ThreadLocal<AtomicBoolean> allowAll) {
+            this.allowAll = allowAll;
+            // we don't actually need any permission to create our
+            // FileHandlers because we're passing invalid parameters
+            // which will make the creation fail...
+            permissions = new Permissions();
+            permissions.add(new RuntimePermission("accessDeclaredMembers"));
+            permissions.add(new ReflectPermission("suppressAccessChecks"));
+
+            // these are used for configuring the test itself...
+            allPermissions = new Permissions();
+            allPermissions.add(new java.security.AllPermission());
+
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean implies(ProtectionDomain domain, Permission permission) {
+            if (allowAll.get().get()) return allPermissions.implies(permission);
+            return permissions.implies(permission);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public PermissionCollection getPermissions(CodeSource codesource) {
+            return new PermissionsBuilder().addAll(allowAll.get().get()
+                    ? allPermissions : permissions).toPermissions();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public PermissionCollection getPermissions(ProtectionDomain domain) {
+            return new PermissionsBuilder().addAll(allowAll.get().get()
+                    ? allPermissions : permissions).toPermissions();
+        }
+    }
+
+}