On Tue, 15 Oct 2024 13:51:18 GMT, Daniel Fuchs <dfu...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> This is the implementation of JEP 486: Permanently Disable the Security >> Manager. See [JEP 486](https://openjdk.org/jeps/486) for more details. The >> [CSR](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8338412) describes in detail the >> main changes in the JEP and also includes an apidiff of the specification >> changes. >> >> NOTE: the majority (~95%) of the changes in this PR are test updates >> (removal/modifications) and API specification changes, the latter mostly to >> remove `@throws SecurityException`. The remaining changes are primarily the >> removal of the `SecurityManager`, `Policy`, `AccessController` and other >> Security Manager API implementations. There is very little new code. >> >> The code changes can be broken down into roughly the following categories: >> >> 1. Degrading the behavior of Security Manager APIs to either throw >> Exceptions by default or provide an execution environment that disallows >> access to all resources by default. >> 2. Changing hundreds of methods and constructors to no longer throw a >> `SecurityException` if a Security Manager was enabled. They will operate as >> they did in JDK 23 with no Security Manager enabled. >> 3. Changing the `java` command to exit with a fatal error if a Security >> Manager is enabled. >> 4. Removing the hotspot native code for the privileged stack walk and the >> inherited access control context. The remaining hotspot code and tests >> related to the Security Manager will be removed immediately after >> integration - see [JDK-8341916](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8341916). >> 5. Removing or modifying hundreds of tests. Many tests that tested Security >> Manager behavior are no longer relevant and thus have been removed or >> modified. >> >> There are a handful of Security Manager related tests that are failing and >> are at the end of the `test/jdk/ProblemList.txt`, >> `test/langtools/ProblemList.txt` and `test/hotspot/jtreg/ProblemList.txt` >> files - these will be removed or separate bugs will be filed before >> integrating this PR. >> >> Inside the JDK, we have retained calls to >> `SecurityManager::getSecurityManager` and `AccessController::doPrivileged` >> for now, as these methods have been degraded to behave the same as they did >> in JDK 23 with no Security Manager enabled. After we integrate this JEP, >> those calls will be removed in each area (client-libs, core-libs, security, >> etc). >> >> I don't expect each reviewer to review all the code changes in this JEP. >> Rather, I advise that you only focus on the changes for the area >> (client-libs, core-libs, net, ... > > src/java.base/share/classes/java/net/URLClassLoader.java line 667: > >> 665: * @param codesource the codesource >> 666: * @throws NullPointerException if {@code codesource} is {@code >> null}. >> 667: * @return the permissions for the codesource > > Since there is no SecurityManager any more, I guess this method could be, in > the future, degraded to return an empty collection? Then when that's done the > API documentation above could be trivially simplified to `{@return an empty > {@code PermissionCollection}}`? Yes, I think that is a good suggestion. Let me think about whether it should be done as part of this JEP or if we can do it later. ------------- PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21498#discussion_r1802073264
