Memory Leak In Instant Client When Network Encryption Is Used

(Doc ID 2410682.1)

Last updated on JUNE 21, 2018

Applies to:

Oracle Security Service - Version 11.2.0.3 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Memory leak occurs for an OCI application when JDBC  and network encryption are used  to connect to the database. Patch for <Bug 21238475> has been applied on the database server.

An analysis with pprof shows a significant increase of the memory usage:

 

 

Cause

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