Chapter 4. Red Hat build of OpenJDK features
The latest Red Hat build of OpenJDK 17 release might include new features. Additionally, the latest release might enhance, deprecate, or remove features that originated from previous Red Hat build of OpenJDK 17 releases.
For all the other changes and security fixes, see OpenJDK 17.0.8 Released.
Red Hat build of OpenJDK enhancements
Red Hat build of OpenJDK 17 provides enhancements to features originally created in previous releases of Red Hat build of OpenJDK.
Reduced risk of JVM crash when using GregorianCalendar.computeTime()
In Red Hat build of OpenJDK 17.0.7, a virtual machine crash could occur when using the GregorianCalendar.computeTime() method (JDK-8307683). Even though an old issue is the root cause of this JVM crash, a recent fix for a rare issue in the C2 compiler (JDK-8297951) significantly increased the probability of the JVM crash. To mitigate risk, the Red Hat build of OpenJDK 17.0.8 release excludes the fix for the C2 compiler. Once the root cause of the JVM crash is resolved (JDK-8307683), Red Hat build of OpenJDK will reintroduce the fix for the C2 compiler (JDK-8297951).
See JDK-8308884 (JDK Bug System).
Support for GB18030-2022
The Chinese Electronics Standardization Institute (CESI) recently published GB18030-2022 as an update to the GB18030 standard, synchronizing the character set with Unicode 11.0. The GB18030-2022 standard is now the default GB18030 character set that Red Hat build of OpenJDK 17.0.8 uses. However, this updated character set contains incompatible changes compared with GB18030-2000, which previous releases of Red Hat build of OpenJDK 17 used. From Red Hat build of OpenJDK 17.0.8 onward, if you want to use the previous version of the character set, ensure that the new system property jdk.charset.GB18030 is set to 2000.
See JDK-8301119 (JDK Bug System).
Enhanced ZIP performance
The Red Hat build of OpenJDK 17.0.8 release includes enhanced checks on the ZIP64 fields of .zip files. If these checks cause failures on trusted .zip files, you can disable these checks by setting the new system property jdk.util.zip.disableZip64ExtraFieldValidation to true.
JDK bug system reference ID: JDK-8302483.
Enhanced validation of JAR signature
You can now configure the maximum number of bytes that are allowed for the signature-related files in a Java archive (JAR) file by setting a new system property, jdk.jar.maxSignatureFileSize. By default, the jdk.jar.maxSignatureFileSize property is set to 8000000 bytes (8 MB).
JDK bug system reference ID: JDK-8300596.
GTS root certificate authority (CA) certificates added
In the Red Hat build of OpenJDK 17.0.8 release, the cacerts truststore includes four Google Trust Services (GTS) root certificates:
- Certificate 1
- Name: Google Trust Services LLC
- Alias name: gtsrootcar1
- Distinguished name: CN=GTS Root R1, O=Google Trust Services LLC, C=US
- Certificate 2
- Name: Google Trust Services LLC
- Alias name: gtsrootcar2
- Distinguished name: CN=GTS Root R2, O=Google Trust Services LLC, C=US
- Certificate 3
- Name: Google Trust Services LLC
- Alias name: gtsrootcar3
- Distinguished name: CN=GTS Root R3, O=Google Trust Services LLC, C=US
- Certificate 4
- Name: Google Trust Services LLC
- Alias name: gtsrootcar4
- Distinguished name: CN=GTS Root R4, O=Google Trust Services LLC, C=US
See JDK-8307134 (JDK Bug System).
Microsoft Corporation root CA certificates added
In the Red Hat build of OpenJDK 17.0.8 release, the cacerts truststore includes two Microsoft Corporation root certificates:
- Certificate 1
- Name: Microsoft Corporation
- Alias name: microsoftecc2017
- Distinguished name: CN=Microsoft ECC Root Certificate Authority 2017, O=Microsoft Corporation, C=US
- Certificate 2
- Name: Microsoft Corporation
- Alias name: microsoftrsa2017
- Distinguished name: CN=Microsoft RSA Root Certificate Authority 2017, O=Microsoft Corporation, C=US
See JDK-8304760 (JDK Bug System).
TWCA root CA certificate added
In the Red Hat build of OpenJDK 17.0.8 release, the cacerts truststore includes the Taiwan Certificate Authority (TWCA) root certificate:
- Name: TWCA
- Alias name: twcaglobalrootca
- Distinguished name: CN=TWCA Global Root CA, OU=Root CA, O=TAIWAN-CA, C=TW
See JDK-8305975 (JDK Bug System).
New JFR event jdk.SecurityProviderService
Calls to the java.security.Provider.getService(String type, String algorithm) method now trigger a new JFR event, jdk.SecurityProviderService.
The jdk.SecurityProviderService event contains the following three fields:
- Type: The type of service
- Algorithm: The algorithm name
- Provider: The security provider
The jdk.SecurityProviderService event is disabled by default. You can enable this event by using the standard JFR configuration files and options.
