JVM crash in libapr when shutting down JBoss

Solution Verified - Updated

Environment

  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 5.x

Issue

  • JBoss server is crashing with an "EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION" once shutdown has started.
  • Setting a breakpoint in AccessLogValve.invoke() then doing shutdown, then releasing the break point crashes the JVM.
  • The fatal error log shows the following: 
    #  EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x0d74c90e, pid=3204, tid=5944
#
# JRE version: 6.0_20-b02
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (16.3-b01 mixed mode windows-x86 )
# Problematic frame:
# C  [libapr-1.dll+0xc90e]
#
...

    Current thread (0x05973400):  JavaThread "http-127.0.0.1-8080-2" daemon [_thread_in_native, id=5944, stack(0x0efe0000,0x0f030000)]
    
...
    

    Stack: [0x0efe0000,0x0f030000],  sp=0x0f02f628,  free space=13d0f02f15ck
    
Native frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code, C=native code)
    
C  [libapr-1.dll+0xc90e]
    
C  [libtcnative-1.dll+0x1150]
    
j  org.apache.tomcat.jni.Address.get(IJ)J+0
    
j  org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProcessor.action(Lorg/apache/coyote/ActionCode;Ljava/lang/Object;)V+196
    
j  org.apache.coyote.Request.action(Lorg/apache/coyote/ActionCode;Ljava/lang/Object;)V+56
    
j  org.apache.catalina.connector.Request.getRemoteAddr()Ljava/lang/String;+18
    
j  org.apache.catalina.connector.Request.getRemoteHost()Ljava/lang/String;+19
    
j  org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve$HostElement.addElement(Ljava/lang/StringBuffer;Ljava/util/Date;Lorg/apache/catalina/connector/Request;Lorg/apache/catalina/connector/Response;J)V+2
    
j  org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(Lorg/apache/catalina/connector/Request;Lorg/apache/catalina/connector/Response;)V+115
    
...

Resolution

  • Upgrade to EAP 5.1.2 or later and the native connector libraries provided here
  • As a workaround, do not use the native connectors

Root Cause

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