After an automatic MacOS update (15.3) java stopped working inside Ubuntu 24.04 arm64

[jvalrog]

Yesterday, Dbeaver (java app) worked fine with UTM 4.6.3.

Today I wake up to macos 15.3 automatically installed.

Today, Java inside my Ubuntu guest now crashes even for a simple "java --version" and obviously, Dbeaver stopped working.

Tried also updating UTM to 4.6.4 with the same result.

#
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
#  SIGILL (0x4) at pc=0x0000e7763fd3fc5c, pid=10725, tid=10726
#
# JRE version:  (21.0.6+7) (build )
# Java VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (21.0.6+7-Ubuntu-124.04.1, mixed mode, sharing, tiered, compressed oops, compressed class ptrs, g1 gc, linux-aarch64)
# Problematic frame:
# j  java.lang.System.registerNatives()V+0 [email protected]
#
# Core dump will be written. Default location: Core dumps may be processed with "/usr/share/apport/apport -p%p -s%s -c%c -d%d -P%P -u%u -g%g -- %E" (or dumping to /home/javi/dbeaver/core.10725)
#
# An error report file with more information is saved as:
# /home/javi/dbeaver/hs_err_pid10725.log
[0.023s][warning][os] Loading hsdis library failed
#
# The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.
# See problematic frame for where to report the bug.
#
Aborted (core dumped)

I'm attaching the log.

hs_err_pid21749.log

[bidon51]

Same problem here. Intellij and Java crashed in Ubuntu arm64 24.04 after updating to MacOS 15.3.
Java17 works.
But Intellij crashes with:
Archived non-system classes are disabled because the java.system.class.loader property is specified (value = "com.intellij.util.lang.PathClassLoader"). To use archived non-system classes, this property must not be set
[0.036s][warning][os ] Loading hsdis library failed

[krullshards]

That seems like the upstream OpenJDK 21 issue that affects Apple Silicon Macs with MacOS 15.2+

This has been fixed in a new minor release of OpenJDK and was picked up by Amazon Corretto as well. However, tools that embed their own version of the JDK (like IntelliJ) are still having problems.

https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8345296

Recommended workaround is to set an environment variable:

JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS="-XX:UseSVE=0"

I set up a little script to launch my intellij but you can just use it to launch one from the terminal and then follow the instructions below to switch the default java run time for the IDE. Remember to switch it back to default once Jetbrains releases a new on that incorporates the upstream fix.

JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS="-XX:UseSVE=0" /home/<user.home>/.local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox/apps/intellij-idea-ultimate/bin/idea $@ &
Once the IDE is loaded you can actually go to the help menu -> Find Actions and look for Choose boot Java runtime for the IDE and select a version 21..0.6 or higher

[bidon51]

Thank you. Workaround works.