PH09860: NULLPOINTEREXCEPTION DURING RAA POSTPROCESSING.

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Getting the NullPointerException when
  javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.login(LoginContext.java:5
  97) is called.
  
  
  --------------------------------
  Trace: 2019/03/01 01:58:21.451 02 t=9AF988 c=UNK key=P8 tag=
  (13007004)
     SourceId: com.ibm.ws.security.auth.AuthCache
     ExtendedMessage: Exception removing credential from cache;
  java.lang.NullPointerException
  at
  com.ibm.ws.security.auth.WSCredentialImpl.get(WSCredentialImpl.j
  ava:981)
  at
  com.ibm.ws.security.zOS.PlatformCredentialManager$GetPlatformCre
  dentialAction.run(PlatformCredentialManager.java:1025)
  at
  com.ibm.ws.security.util.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessCon
  troller.java:118)
  at
  com.ibm.ws.security.zOS.PlatformCredentialManager.getPlatformCre
  dentialFromSubject(PlatformCredentialManager.java:986)
  at
  com.ibm.ws.security.auth.SubjectEvictionCallback.evicted(Subject
  EvictionCallback.java:40)
  at com.ibm.ws.security.auth.Cache.remove(Cache.java:156)
  at
  com.ibm.ws.security.auth.AuthCache.removeEntry(AuthCache.java:44
  4)
  at
  com.ibm.ws.security.auth.AuthCache.removeEntry(AuthCache.java:39
  7)
  at
  com.ibm.ws.security.auth.AuthCache.removeEntry(AuthCache.java:34
  7)
  at
  com.ibm.ws.security.auth.ContextManagerImpl.login(ContextManager
  Impl.java:4853)
  at
  com.ibm.ws.security.auth.ContextManagerImpl.login(ContextManager
  Impl.java:4512)
  at
  com.ibm.ws.security.common.auth.module.WSLoginModuleImpl.loginWi
  thUidAndPwd(WSLoginModuleImpl.java:491)
  at
  com.ibm.ws.security.common.auth.module.WSLoginModuleImpl.login(W
  SLoginModuleImpl.java:399)
  at
  com.ibm.ws.security.common.auth.module.proxy.WSLoginModuleProxy.
  login(WSLoginModuleProxy.java:120)
  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
  at
  sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessor
  Impl.java:90)
  at
  sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethod
  AccessorImpl.java:55)
  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:508)
  at
  javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.invoke(LoginContext.java:
  788)
  at
  javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.access$000(LoginContext.j
  ava:196)
  at
  javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext$4.run(LoginContext.java:6
  98)
  at
  javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext$4.run(LoginContext.java:6
  96)
  at
  java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.jav
  a:703)
  at
  javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.invokePriv(LoginContext.j
  ava:696)
  at
  javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext.login(LoginContext.java:5
  97)
  

Local fix

• n.a
  

Problem summary

• NullPointerException at
  com.ibm.ws.security.auth.WSCredentialImpl.get(WSCredentialImpl.j
  ava:981) during postprocessing.
  

Problem conclusion

• Updated RAA to set the subject to be readonly so that the cached
   value remains unchanged.
  

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

  RAA FOR SSTEM Z

• Fixed component ID

  5655W5700

Applicable component levels

• R610 PSY

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