Liberica JDK for Embedded
Release Information

Liberica JDK 8u272+10 for Embedded Release Notes


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

Issue Description
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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