PM79176: RAW KEY DATA IS ZEROED OUT BY THE FINALIZER BEFORE GETENCODED() COMPLETES.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Error Message: Refer to the stack tract below.
  .
  Stack Trace: java.security.UnrecoverableKeyException: Given
  final block not properly padded
      at com.ibm.crypto.provider.y.a(Unknown Source)
      at
  com.ibm.crypto.provider.PKCS12KeyStore.engineGetKey(Unknown
  Source)
      at java.security.KeyStore.getKey(KeyStore.java:191)
      at com.ibm.jsse2.xc.<init>(xc.java:40)
      at com.ibm.jsse2.jc$a_.engineInit(jc$a_.java:10)
      at
  javax.net.ssl.KeyManagerFactory.init(KeyManagerFactory.java:9)
      at
  com.ibm.ws.ssl.provider.AbstractJSSEProvider.getKeyTrustManagers
  (AbstractJSSEProvider.java:489)
      at
  com.ibm.ws.ssl.provider.AbstractJSSEProvider.generateNewSSLConte
  xt(AbstractJSSEProvider.java:204)
      at
  com.ibm.ws.ssl.provider.AbstractJSSEProvider.getSSLContext(Abstr
  actJSSEProvider.java:186)
      at
  com.ibm.ws.ssl.provider.AbstractJSSEProvider.getSSLSocketFactory
  (AbstractJSSEProvider.java:893)
      at
  com.ibm.websphere.ssl.JSSEHelper.getSSLSocketFactory(JSSEHelper.
  java:605)
      at
  com.ibm.websphere.ssl.protocol.SSLSocketFactory.<init>(SSLSocket
  Factory.java:96)
      at java.lang.J9VMInternals.newInstanceImpl(Native Method)
      at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:1345)
  .
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• Raw key data is zeroed out by finalizer when being referenced by
  caller code.
  

Problem conclusion

• This defect will be fixed in:
  7.0.0 SR4
  6.0.1 SR5
  6.0.0 SR13
  5.0.0 SR16
  1.4.2 SR14
  .
  Added "synchronized" declaration for methods that referencs the
  raw key data.
  JVMs affected: 1.4.2 SR14, 5.0 SR16, 6.0 SR13, 6.26 SR5, and 7.0
  SR4.
  Jars affected: ibmjceprovider.jar.
  Hursley defect 195261
  Austin defect 113420
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  IV33474

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  JAVA(1.3/1.4 CO

• Fixed component ID

  5648C9800

Applicable component levels

• R42A PSY

     UP

• R42L PSY

     UP

• R42W PSY

     UP