The full version string for this update release is 8u272-b10. The version number is 8u272.

Liberica JDK 8u272+10 for Embedded

Please refer to the Oracle JDK 8 release notes for further information on JDK 8 features. This document further outlines the peculiarities of Liberica distribution as compared to Oracle JDK 8 distribution.

Supported configurations

Supported Server and Desktop configurations

Liberica is supported on the following OSes:

  • Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 18.04 (x86_64, x86, ARMv8*)

  • Debian Linux 8, 9 (x86_64, x86, ARMv8*)

  • Red Hat, Oracle Linux and CentOS 5.5+, 6.x, 7.x (x86_64, x86, ARMv8*)

  • Alpine Linux x86_64 version is build with musl support.

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise 12, 15 and tumbleweed (x86_64, ARMv8*)

  • - version doesn’t have Client VM

Note: The minimum supported Linux kernel version is 2.6.18 and GLIBC version 2.5. LibericaFX works on all supported Ubuntu versions, Red Hat Linux family starting from 7.x and SUSE versions with GTK3 backend.

Liberica JDK and JRE distribution

Liberica JDK and JRE are distributed as .rpm, .deb and .tar.gz packages. Please select the one which is most appropriate for your purposes.

  • Use Liberica JDK if your application requires javac or other tools and services not present in a JRE, or you would like to use jlink to create a trimmed-down version of the Java Runtime for your particular needs.

  • Use Liberica JRE for all other purposes.

Liberica 8 introduces all new features supported by OpenJDK 8 on Linux x64

By default, the Liberica uses Server VM. Server VM and Client VM can be enabled with -server and -client command line options, respectively. In case the deployment requires to minimize the footprint, it may be beneficial to use Minimal VM, which emphasises on a minimal footprint. It has C1 JIT compiler only, Serial GC and no serviceability features. In a JRE it can be enabled in runtime with -minimal command line option.

Linux x86 version of Liberica 8 also contains LibericaFX.

Security Baselines

BellSoft Liberica follows the security baselines for Oracle Java SE. Please refer to the Oracle documentation for a list of issues fixed in a given release.

Issues fixed

IssueDescription

JDK-6574989

TEST_BUG: javax/sound/sampled/Clip/bug5070081.java fails sometimes

JDK-8006205

[TESTBUG] NEED_TEST: please JTREGIFY test/compiler/7177917/Test7177917.java

JDK-8023697

failed class resolution reports different class name in detail message for the first and subsequent times

JDK-8025886

replace [[ and == bash extensions in regtest

JDK-8026236

Add PrimeTest for BigInteger

JDK-8031625

javadoc problems referencing inner class constructors

JDK-8035493

JVMTI PopFrame capability must instruct compilers not to prune locals

JDK-8036088

Replace strtok() with its safe equivalent strtok_s() in DefaultProxySelector.c

JDK-8039082

[TEST_BUG] Test java/awt/dnd/BadSerializationTest/BadSerializationTest.java fails

JDK-8046274

Removing dependency on jakarta-regexp

JDK-8048933

-XX:+TraceExceptions output should include the message

JDK-8057003

Large reference arrays cause extremely long synchronization times

JDK-8060721

Test runtime/SharedArchiveFile/LimitSharedSizes.java fails in jdk 9 fcs new platforms/compiler

JDK-8061616

HotspotDiagnosticMXBean.getVMOption() throws IllegalArgumentException for flags of type double

JDK-8062947

Fix exception message to correctly represent LDAP connection failure

JDK-8064319

Need to enable -XX:+TraceExceptions in release builds

JDK-8075774

Small readability and performance improvements for zipfs

JDK-8076151

[TESTBUG] Test java/awt/FontClass/CreateFont/fileaccess/FontFile.java fails

JDK-8078334

Mark regression tests using randomness

JDK-8078880

Mark a few more intermittently failuring security-libs

JDK-8080462

Update SunPKCS11 provider with PKCS11 v2.40 support

JDK-8129582

Controls slow considerably when displaying RTL-languages text on Linux

JDK-8132206

move ScanTest.java into OpenJDK

JDK-8132376

Add @requires os.family to the client tests with access to internal OS-specific API

JDK-8132745

minor cleanup of java/util/Scanner/ScanTest.java

JDK-8137087

[TEST_BUG] Cygwin failure of java/awt/appletviewer/IOExceptionIfEncodedURLTest/IOExceptionIfEncodedURLTest.sh

JDK-8144539

Update PKCS11 tests to run with security manager

JDK-8144681

TableView: ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException with cell selection / multiselection

JDK-8145808

java/awt/Graphics2D/MTGraphicsAccessTest/MTGraphicsAccessTest.java hangs on Win. 8

JDK-8148754

C2 loop unrolling fails due to unexpected graph shape

JDK-8148854

Class names “SomeClass” and “LSomeClass;” treated by JVM as an equivalent

JDK-8151678

com/sun/jndi/ldap/LdapTimeoutTest.java failed due to timeout on DeadServerNoTimeoutTest is incorrect

JDK-8151788

NullPointerException from ntlm.Client.type3

JDK-8151834

Test SmallPrimeExponentP.java times out intermittently

JDK-8152077

(cal) Calendar.roll does not always roll the hours during daylight savings

JDK-8153430

jdk regression test MletParserLocaleTest, ParserInfiniteLoopTest reduce default timeout

JDK-8153583

Make OutputAnalyzer.reportDiagnosticSummary public

JDK-8154313

Generated javadoc scattered all over the place

JDK-8156169

Some sound tests rarely hangs because of incorrect synchronization

JDK-8160768

Add capability to custom resolve host/domain names within the default JNDI LDAP provider

JDK-8161973

PKIXRevocationChecker.getSoftFailExceptions() not working

JDK-8163251

Hard coded loop limit prevents reading of smart card data greater than 8k

JDK-8165936

Potential Heap buffer overflow when seaching timezone info files

JDK-8165996

PKCS11 using NSS throws an error regarding secmod.db when NSS uses sqlite

JDK-8166148

Fix for JDK-8165936 broke solaris builds

JDK-8167300

Scheduling failures during gcm should be fatal

JDK-8167615

Opensource unit/regression tests for JavaSound

JDK-8168517

java/lang/ProcessBuilder/Basic.java failed

JDK-8172012

[TEST_BUG] delays needed in javax/swing/JTree/4633594/bug4633594.java

JDK-8173300

[TESTBUG]compiler/tiered/NonTieredLevelsTest.java fails with compiler.whitebox.SimpleTestCaseHelper(int) must be compiled

JDK-8177334

Update xmldsig implementation to Apache Santuario 2.1.1

JDK-8177628

Opensource unit/regression tests for ImageIO

JDK-8183341

Better cleanup for javax/imageio/AllowSearch.java

JDK-8183349

Better cleanup for jdk/test/javax/imageio/plugins/shared/CanWriteSequence.java and WriteAfterAbort.java

JDK-8183351

Better cleanup for jdk/test/javax/imageio/spi/AppletContextTest/BadPluginConfigurationTest.sh

JDK-8184762

ZapStackSegments should use optimized memset

JDK-8191678

[TESTBUG] Add keyword headful in java/awt FocusTransitionTest test.

JDK-8191758

Match WebKit’s font weight rendering with JavaFX

JDK-8192953

sun/management/jmxremote/bootstrap/.sh tests fail with error : revokeall.exe: Permission denied

JDK-8193137

Nashorn crashes when given an empty script file

JDK-8193234

When using -Xcheck:jni an internally allocated buffer can leak

JDK-8193800

TreeTableView selection changes on sorting

JDK-8194298

Add support for per Socket configuration of TCP keepalive

JDK-8198004

javax/swing/JFileChooser/6868611/bug6868611.java throws error

JDK-8200313

java/awt/Gtk/GtkVersionTest/GtkVersionTest.java fails

JDK-8201633

Problems with AES-GCM native acceleration

JDK-8203357

Container Metrics

JDK-8208169

can not print selected pages of web page

JDK-8209113

Use WeakReference for lastFontStrike for created Fonts

JDK-8210147

adjust some WSAGetLastError usages in windows network coding

JDK-8211049

Second parameter of “initialize” method is not used

JDK-8211163

UNIX version of Java_java_io_Console_echo does not return a clean boolean

JDK-8211714

Need to update vm_version.cpp to recognise VS2017 minor versions

JDK-8214862

assert(proj != __null) at compile.cpp:3251

JDK-8216283

Allow shorter method sampling interval than 10 ms

JDK-8217606

LdapContext#reconnect always opens a new connection

JDK-8217647

JFR: recordings on 32-bit systems unreadable

JDK-8217878

ENVELOPING XML signature no longer works in JDK 11

JDK-8219566

JFR did not collect call stacks when MaxJavaStackTraceDepth is set to zero

JDK-8219919

RuntimeStub name lost with PrintFrameConverterAssembly

JDK-8220165

Encryption using GCM results in RuntimeException- input length out of bound

JDK-8220313

[TESTBUG] Update base image for Docker testing to OL 7.6

JDK-8220555

JFR tool shows potentially misleading message when it cannot access a file

JDK-8220674

[TESTBUG] MetricsMemoryTester failcount test in docker container only works with debug JVMs

JDK-8221569

JFR tool produces incorrect output when both –categories and –events are specified

JDK-8222079

Don’t use memset to initialize fields decode_env constructor in disassembler.cpp

JDK-8223760

support static builds

JDK-8224217

RecordingInfo should use textual representation of path

JDK-8225695

32-bit build failures after JDK-8080462 (Update SunPKCS11 provider with PKCS11 v2.40 support)

JDK-8226575

OperatingSystemMXBean should be made container aware

JDK-8226697

Several tests which need the @key headful keyword are missing it.

JDK-8226809

Circular reference in printed stack trace is not correctly indented & ambiguous

JDK-8228835

Memory leak in PKCS11 provider when using AES GCM

JDK-8229378

jdwp library loader in linker_md.c quietly truncates on buffer overflow

JDK-8230303

JDB hangs when running monitor command

JDK-8230711

ConnectionGraph::unique_java_object(Node N) return NULL if n is not in the CG

JDK-8231213

Migrate SimpleDateFormatConstTest to JDK Repo

JDK-8231779

crash HeapWord*ParallelScavengeHeap::failed_mem_allocate

JDK-8233097

Fontmetrics for large Fonts has zero width

JDK-8233621

Mismatch in jsse.enableMFLNExtension property name

JDK-8234617

C1: Incorrect result of field load due to missing narrowing conversion

JDK-8235243

handle VS2017 15.9 and VS2019 in abstract_vm_version

JDK-8235687

Contents/MacOS/libjli.dylib cannot be a symlink

JDK-8236645

JDK 8u231 introduces a regression with incompatible handling of XML messages

JDK-8237504

Update copyright header for files modified in 2020

JDK-8237951

CTW: C2 compilation fails with “malformed control flow”

JDK-8238225

Issues reported after replacing symlink at Contents/MacOS/libjli.dylib with binary

JDK-8238380

java.base/unix/native/libjava/childproc.c “multiple definition” link errors with GCC10

JDK-8238386

(sctp) jdk.sctp/unix/native/libsctp/SctpNet.c “multiple definition” link errors with GCC10

JDK-8238388

libj2gss/NativeFunc.o “multiple definition” link errors with GCC10

JDK-8239095

Upgrade libFFI to the latest 3.3 version

JDK-8239385

KerberosTicket client name refers wrongly to sAMAccountName in AD

JDK-8239819

XToolkit: Misread of screen information memory

JDK-8240295

hs_err elapsed time in seconds is not accurate enough

JDK-8240676

Meet not symmetric failure when running lucene on jdk8

JDK-8241888

Mirror jdk.security.allowNonCaAnchor system property with a security one

JDK-8242498

Invalid “sun.awt.TimedWindowEvent” object leads to JVM crash

JDK-8242508

Upgrade to Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5.3

JDK-8242556

Cannot load RSASSA-PSS public key with non-null params from byte array

JDK-8243138

Enhance BaseLdapServer to support starttls extended request

JDK-8243320

Add SSL root certificates to Oracle Root CA program

JDK-8243321

Add Entrust root CA - G4 to Oracle Root CA program

JDK-8243489

Thread CPU Load event may contain wrong data for CPU time under certain conditions

JDK-8244151

Update MUSCLE PC/SC-Lite headers to the latest release 1.8.26

JDK-8244487

One Windows 10 SDK file missing from FX build

JDK-8244818

Java2D Queue Flusher crash while moving application window to external monitor

JDK-8245284

Update to 610.1 version of WebKit

JDK-8245467

Remove 8u TLSv1.2 implementation files

JDK-8245468

Add TLSv1.3 implementation classes from 11.0.7

JDK-8245469

Remove DTLS protocol implementation

JDK-8245470

Fix JDK8 compatibility issues

JDK-8245471

Revert JDK-8148188

JDK-8245472

Backport JDK-8038893 to JDK8

JDK-8245473

OCSP stapling support

JDK-8245474

Add TLS_KRB5 cipher suites support according to RFC-2712

JDK-8245476

Disable TLSv1.3 protocol in the ClientHello message by default

JDK-8245477

Adjust TLS tests location

JDK-8245653

Remove 8u TLS tests

JDK-8245681

Add TLSv1.3 regression test from 11.0.7

JDK-8246099

Intermittent test failures in SandboxAppTest

JDK-8246193

Possible NPE in ENC-PA-REP search in AS-REQ

JDK-8246204

No 3D support for newer Intel graphics drivers on Linux

JDK-8246310

Clean commented-out code about ModuleEntry andPackageEntry in JFR

JDK-8246348

Crash in libpango on Ubuntu 20.04 with some unicode chars

JDK-8246357

Allow static build of webkit library on linux

JDK-8246384

Enable JFR by default on supported architectures for October 2020 release

JDK-8247360

Add missing license file for Microsoft DirectShow Samples

JDK-8247947

Build DirectShow Samples (Base Classes) from source checked into repo

JDK-8247963

Update SQLite to version 3.32.3

JDK-8248177

Improve XML support

JDK-8248365

Debug build crashes on Windows when playing media file

JDK-8248490

[macOS] Undecorated stage does not minimize

JDK-8248643

Remove extra leading space in JDK-8240295 8u backport

JDK-8248851

CMS: Missing memory fences between free chunk check and klass read

JDK-8249158

THREAD_START and THREAD_END event posted in primordial phase

JDK-8249610

Make sun.security.krb5.Config.getBooleanObject(String… keys) method public

JDK-8249677

Regression in 8u after JDK-8237117: Better ForkJoinPool behavior

JDK-8249839

Cherry pick GTK WebKit 2.28.3 changes

JDK-8250546

Expect changed behaviour reported in JDK-8249846

JDK-8250627

Use -XX:+/-UseContainerSupport for enabling/disabling Java container metrics

JDK-8250755

Better cleanup for jdk/test/javax/imageio/plugins/shared/CanWriteSequence.java

JDK-8250875

Incorrect parameter type for update_number in JDK_Version::jdk_update

JDK-8251117

Cannot check P11Key size in P11Cipher and P11AEADCipher

JDK-8251120

[8u] HotSpot build assumes ENABLE_JFR is set to either true or false

JDK-8251341

Minimal Java specification change

JDK-8251478

Backport TLSv1.3 regression tests to JDK8u

JDK-8251546

8u backport of JDK-8194298 breaks AIX and Solaris builds

JDK-8252084

Minimal VM fails to bootcycle: undefined symbol: AgeTableTracer::is_tenuring_distribution_event_enabled

JDK-8252107

Media pipeline initialization can crash if audio or video bin state change fails

JDK-8252381

Cherry pick GTK WebKit 2.28.4 changes

JDK-8252573

8u: Windows build failed after 8222079 backport

JDK-8252886

[TESTBUG] sun/security/ec/TestEC.java : Compilation failed

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