IJ23018: NULLPOINTEREXCEPTION THROWN FROM X509CERTIMPL.GETISSUERKEYIDENTIFIER

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Error Message: java.lang.NullPointerException during keystore
  load
  .
  Stack Trace: java.lang.NullPointerException
  at
  com.ibm.security.x509.X509CertImpl.getIssuerKeyIdentifier(X509Ce
  rtImpl.java:2950)
  at com.ibm.crypto.provider.PKCS12KeyStoreOracle.a(Unknown
  Source)
  at
  com.ibm.crypto.provider.PKCS12KeyStoreOracle.engineLoad(Unknown
  Source)
  at java.security.KeyStore.load(KeyStore.java:1456)
  .
  

Local fix

• Only use certificates with AKI extension that contains a
  KeyIdentifier (not name and serial number).
  

Problem summary

• A NullPointerException is thrown when loading a keystore which
  contains an X509Certificate with an Authority Key Identifier
  extension which does not contain a Key Identifier.
  

Problem conclusion

• The code has been modified to prevent the NullPointerException.
  This fix corrects the way an Authority Key Identifier (AKID)
  X.509 certificate extension is
  handled. Two forms of AKID are permitted: hash-based and
  name/serial number based.
  This fix corrects that check to handle the rare case when a
  certificate contains
  a non-hash-based AKID.
  A fix is made to ibmpkcs.jar
  The associated Hursley RTC Problem Report is 143179
  The associated Austin defect PKCS Issue#42 NullPointerException
  thrown from X509CertImpl.getIssuerKeyIdentifier
  The associated Austin APAR is IJ22676
  JVMs affected: Java 8
  The fix was delivered for Java 8 SR6FP7
  The affected jar is "ibmpkcs.jar" build level: 20200214-184
  .
  This APAR will be fixed in the following Java Releases:
   8 SR6 FP7 (8.0.6.7)
  .
  Contact your IBM Product's Service Team for these Service
  Refreshes and Fix Packs.
  For those running stand-alone, information about the available
  Service Refreshes and Fix Packs can be found at:
   https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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

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

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  SECURITY

• Fixed component ID

  620700125

Applicable component levels