JVM Segfault (SIGSEGV) After Plugin Initialisation

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Symptoms

JIRA crashes on start up after the plugin initialisation has completed with a JVM segfault.

2009-08-28 12:03:16,541 main INFO     [atlassian.plugin.manager.DefaultPluginManager\] Plugin system started in 0:00:18.757#
# An unexpected error has been detected by HotSpot Virtual Machine:
#
#  SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x00007f15fb2976b4, pid=5718, tid=139730367412560
#
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (1.5.0_18-b02 mixed mode)
# Problematic frame:
# V  [libjvm.so+0x5bc6b4]
#
# An error report file with more information is saved as hs_err_pid5718.log
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
#   http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport/crash.jsp 

Cause

This is a known bug in JVM versions 1.5.0_18-b02 and earlier. The bug is tracked by Sun.

Resolution

Upgrade Java JVM to version 1.5.0_20 or higher. See Java Crashes for further tips.

Last modified on Mar 30, 2016

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