FYI, this may be useful, so far no crash (same reproducible procedure) with very latest Oracle JDK! So:
BAD / crash: java version "1.7.0_07" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea7 2.3.2) (7u7-2.3.2a-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.2-b09, mixed mode) java version "1.7.0" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build pxa6470sr2-20120901_01(SR2)) IBM J9 VM (build 2.6, JRE 1.7.0 Linux amd64-64 20120809_118929 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled) J9VM - R26_Java726_SR2_20120809_0948_B118929 JIT - r11.b01_20120808_24925 GC - R26_Java726_SR2_20120809_0948_B118929 J9CL - 20120809_118929) JCL - 20120831_02 based on Oracle 7u3-b05 GOOD / no crash (so far): java version "1.7.0_07" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_07-b10) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.3-b01, mixed mode) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1056238 Title: java crashed with SIGSEGV (reproducible) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-7/+bug/1056238/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs