[GERONIMO-3815] ContextManager.getCurrentContext() throws NullPointerException

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Cannot Reproduce
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.1, 2.1.4
• Fix Version/s: Wish List
• Component/s: security
• Security Level: public (Regular issues)
• Assignee: David Jencks
• Reporter: Vamsavardhana Reddy
• Created: 05/Feb/08 20:52
• Updated: 09/May/12 00:21
• Resolved: 09/May/12 00:21

Description

ContextManager.getCurrentContext() is throwing a NullPointerException. This is observed only when there is heavy load on the application. Most likely it is a threading issue where one thread is unregistering the subject while another is executing getCurrentContext(). Excerpt from stacktrace given below.

....
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.geronimo.security.ContextManager.getCurrentContext(ContextManager.java:197)
at org.apache.geronimo.openejb.GeronimoSecurityService.isCallerAuthorized(GeronimoSecurityService.java:101)
at org.apache.openejb.core.stateless.StatelessContainer.invoke(StatelessContainer.java:142)
at org.apache.openejb.core.ivm.EjbHomeProxyHandler.create(EjbHomeProxyHandler.java:267)
at org.apache.openejb.core.ivm.EjbHomeProxyHandler._invoke(EjbHomeProxyHandler.java:158)
at org.apache.openejb.core.ivm.BaseEjbProxyHandler.invoke(BaseEjbProxyHandler.java:321)
at org.apache.openejb.util.proxy.Jdk13InvocationHandler.invoke(Jdk13InvocationHandler.java:49)
at $Proxy16.create(Unknown Source)
... 53 more