Last updated on JANUARY 28, 2017

Applies to:

Symptoms

Java SE Development Kit 8, Update 121 (JDK 8u121) introduces new behavior that can cause failures when running Oracle NoSQL Database in a secure configuration. The failures will produce stack traces like the following:

Jan 25, 2017 11:15:45 AM java.io.ObjectInputStream filterCheck
INFO: ObjectInputFilter REJECTED: class java.lang.Enum, array length: -1, nRefs: 14, depth: 4, bytes: 768, ex: n/a
KVLite: exception in start: java.rmi.RemoteException: Can't rebind snaService at localhost:5000 csf: <SSLClientSocketFactory name=$|sna|main id=1690670528 connectMs=0 readMs=0 kvStoreName=null clientUse=USER> ssf: <SSLServerSocketFactory backlog=1024 port range=0,0 ssl control = oracle.kv.impl.security.ssl.SSLControl@5836ad63>; nested exception is:
java.rmi.ServerException: RemoteException occurred in server thread; nested exception is:
java.rmi.UnmarshalException: error unmarshalling arguments; nested exception is:
java.io.InvalidClassException: filter status: REJECTED
at oracle.kv.impl.util.registry.RegistryUtils.rebind(RegistryUtils.java:853)
at oracle.kv.impl.sna.StorageNodeAgent.bindUnregisteredSNA(StorageNodeAgent.java:974)
at oracle.kv.impl.sna.StorageNodeAgent.startupUnregistered(StorageNodeAgent.java:793)
at oracle.kv.impl.sna.StorageNodeAgent.start(StorageNodeAgent.java:624)
at oracle.kv.impl.sna.StorageNodeAgentImpl.start(StorageNodeAgentImpl.java:133)
at oracle.kv.util.kvlite.KVLite.startSNA(KVLite.java:298)
at oracle.kv.util.kvlite.KVLite.start(KVLite.java:524)
at oracle.kv.util.kvlite.KVLite.start(KVLite.java:513)
at oracle.kv.util.kvlite.KVLite.main(KVLite.java:647)
at oracle.kv.impl.util.KVStoreMain$1.run(KVStoreMain.java:190)
at oracle.kv.impl.util.KVStoreMain.main(KVStoreMain.java:477)
Caused by: java.rmi.ServerException: RemoteException occurred in server thread; nested exception is:
java.rmi.UnmarshalException: error unmarshalling arguments; nested exception is:
java.io.InvalidClassException: filter status: REJECTED
at sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.oldDispatch(UnicastServerRef.java:460)
at sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.dispatch(UnicastServerRef.java:294)
at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:200)
at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:197)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.rmi.transport.Transport.serviceCall(Transport.java:196)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.handleMessages(TCPTransport.java:568)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run0(TCPTransport.java:826)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.lambda$run$0(TCPTransport.java:683)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run(TCPTransport.java:682)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
at sun.rmi.transport.StreamRemoteCall.exceptionReceivedFromServer(StreamRemoteCall.java:276)
at sun.rmi.transport.StreamRemoteCall.executeCall(StreamRemoteCall.java:253)
at sun.rmi.server.UnicastRef.invoke(UnicastRef.java:379)
at sun.rmi.registry.RegistryImpl_Stub.rebind(Unknown Source)
at oracle.kv.impl.util.registry.RegistryUtils$ExceptionWrappingRegistry.rebind(RegistryUtils.java:1339)
at oracle.kv.impl.util.registry.RegistryUtils.exportAndRebind(RegistryUtils.java:1184)
at oracle.kv.impl.util.registry.RegistryUtils.rebind(RegistryUtils.java:849)
... 10 more
Caused by: java.rmi.UnmarshalException: error unmarshalling arguments; nested exception is:
java.io.InvalidClassException: filter status: REJECTED
at sun.rmi.registry.RegistryImpl_Skel.dispatch(Unknown Source)
at sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.oldDispatch(UnicastServerRef.java:450)
at sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.dispatch(UnicastServerRef.java:294)
at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:200)
at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:197)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.rmi.transport.Transport.serviceCall(Transport.java:196)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.handleMessages(TCPTransport.java:568)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run0(TCPTransport.java:826)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.lambda$run$0(TCPTransport.java:683)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run(TCPTransport.java:682)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.io.InvalidClassException: filter status: REJECTED
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.filterCheck(ObjectInputStream.java:1244)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readNonProxyDesc(ObjectInputStream.java:1832)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readClassDesc(ObjectInputStream.java:1713)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readNonProxyDesc(ObjectInputStream.java:1829)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readClassDesc(ObjectInputStream.java:1713)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readEnum(ObjectInputStream.java:1938)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1532)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(ObjectInputStream.java:2231)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(ObjectInputStream.java:2155)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(ObjectInputStream.java:2013)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1535)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(ObjectInputStream.java:422)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPEndpoint.read(TCPEndpoint.java:555)
at sun.rmi.transport.LiveRef.read(LiveRef.java:292)
at sun.rmi.server.UnicastRef2.readExternal(UnicastRef2.java:78)
at java.rmi.server.RemoteObject.readObject(RemoteObject.java:455)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.invokeReadObject(ObjectStreamClass.java:1058)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(ObjectInputStream.java:2122)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(ObjectInputStream.java:2013)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1535)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(ObjectInputStream.java:2231)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(ObjectInputStream.java:2155)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(ObjectInputStream.java:2013)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1535)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(ObjectInputStream.java:422)
... 15 more

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