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Bug 335171

Summary:	Can't start any of my eclipse instances : Node path "..." is not valid
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Equinox	Reporter:	Laurent Delaigue <laurent.delaigue>
Component:	Security	Assignee:	Security Inbox <equinox.security-inbox>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	critical
Priority:	P3	CC:	john.arthorne, ob1.eclipse, remy.suen, tjwatson
Version:	3.7
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows Vista
Whiteboard:	stalebug

Description Laurent Delaigue

2011-01-24 06:09:31 EST

Build Identifier: M20100909-0800

Sorry, I can't guess which component is concerned.
I just can't start any of my eclipse instances, no matter which version (I tried 3.5 and 3.6 in differente flavours)
Here is an example stack trace :

!ENTRY org.eclipse.osgi 4 0 2011-01-24 12:00:37.558
!MESSAGE An error occurred while automatically activating bundle org.eclipse.core.net (33).
!STACK 0
org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Exception in org.eclipse.core.internal.net.Activator.start() of bundle org.eclipse.core.net.
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.startActivator(BundleContextImpl.java:806)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.start(BundleContextImpl.java:755)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.startWorker(BundleHost.java:370)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.start(AbstractBundle.java:284)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.util.SecureAction.start(SecureAction.java:417)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.setLazyTrigger(BundleLoader.java:265)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseLazyStarter.postFindLocalClass(EclipseLazyStarter.java:106)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClass(ClasspathManager.java:453)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.findLocalClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:216)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findLocalClass(BundleLoader.java:393)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.SingleSourcePackage.loadClass(SingleSourcePackage.java:33)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClassInternal(BundleLoader.java:466)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:422)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:410)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.loadClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:107)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
	at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEWorkbenchAdvisor.activateProxyService(IDEWorkbenchAdvisor.java:284)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEWorkbenchAdvisor.postStartup(IDEWorkbenchAdvisor.java:264)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:2575)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$4(Workbench.java:2438)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$7.run(Workbench.java:671)
	at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:332)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:664)
	at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:115)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:196)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:79)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:369)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:179)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:619)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:574)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1407)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Node path "XØÚ×}*Þ?§¨" is not valid.
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.security.storage.SecurePreferences.validatePath(SecurePreferences.java:361)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.security.storage.SecurePreferences.node(SecurePreferences.java:95)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.security.storage.SecurePreferencesRoot.load(SecurePreferencesRoot.java:152)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.security.storage.SecurePreferencesRoot.<init>(SecurePreferencesRoot.java:84)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.security.storage.SecurePreferencesMapper.open(SecurePreferencesMapper.java:99)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.security.storage.SecurePreferencesMapper.getDefault(SecurePreferencesMapper.java:44)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.security.storage.SecurePreferencesFactory.getDefault(SecurePreferencesFactory.java:50)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.net.ProxyType.getNode(ProxyType.java:515)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.net.ProxyType.loadProxyAuth(ProxyType.java:525)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.net.ProxyType.createProxyData(ProxyType.java:148)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.net.ProxyType.getProxyData(ProxyType.java:137)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.net.ProxyManager.migrateInstanceScopePreferences(ProxyManager.java:453)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.net.ProxyManager.checkMigrated(ProxyManager.java:418)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.net.ProxyManager.initialize(ProxyManager.java:277)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.net.Activator.start(Activator.java:179)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl$1.run(BundleContextImpl.java:783)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.startActivator(BundleContextImpl.java:774)
	... 38 more
Root exception:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Node path "XØÚ×}*Þ?§¨" is not valid.
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.security.storage.SecurePreferences.validatePath(SecurePreferences.java:361)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.security.storage.SecurePreferences.node(SecurePreferences.java:95)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.security.storage.SecurePreferencesRoot.load(SecurePreferencesRoot.java:152)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.security.storage.SecurePreferencesRoot.<init>(SecurePreferencesRoot.java:84)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.security.storage.SecurePreferencesMapper.open(SecurePreferencesMapper.java:99)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.security.storage.SecurePreferencesMapper.getDefault(SecurePreferencesMapper.java:44)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.security.storage.SecurePreferencesFactory.getDefault(SecurePreferencesFactory.java:50)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.net.ProxyType.getNode(ProxyType.java:515)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.net.ProxyType.loadProxyAuth(ProxyType.java:525)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.net.ProxyType.createProxyData(ProxyType.java:148)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.net.ProxyType.getProxyData(ProxyType.java:137)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.net.ProxyManager.migrateInstanceScopePreferences(ProxyManager.java:453)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.net.ProxyManager.checkMigrated(ProxyManager.java:418)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.net.ProxyManager.initialize(ProxyManager.java:277)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.net.Activator.start(Activator.java:179)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl$1.run(BundleContextImpl.java:783)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.startActivator(BundleContextImpl.java:774)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.start(BundleContextImpl.java:755)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.startWorker(BundleHost.java:370)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.start(AbstractBundle.java:284)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.util.SecureAction.start(SecureAction.java:417)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.setLazyTrigger(BundleLoader.java:265)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseLazyStarter.postFindLocalClass(EclipseLazyStarter.java:106)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClass(ClasspathManager.java:453)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.findLocalClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:216)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findLocalClass(BundleLoader.java:393)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.SingleSourcePackage.loadClass(SingleSourcePackage.java:33)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClassInternal(BundleLoader.java:466)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:422)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:410)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.loadClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:107)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
	at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEWorkbenchAdvisor.activateProxyService(IDEWorkbenchAdvisor.java:284)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEWorkbenchAdvisor.postStartup(IDEWorkbenchAdvisor.java:264)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:2575)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$4(Workbench.java:2438)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$7.run(Workbench.java:671)
	at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:332)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:664)
	at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:115)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:196)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:79)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:369)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:179)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:619)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:574)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1407)


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. launch eclipse on Windows Vista 64bits, with java 1.6.0_23
2. the chosen workspace opens briefly, then eclipse crashes
3. the .metadata/.log file contains the given log.
This happens to all my eclipse instances today, since I restarted my PC.
I suspect the latest java update causes that...

But what is this SecurePreferences thing, and where does it find such a node path with en encrypted name?

Comment 1 Laurent Delaigue

2011-01-24 08:22:52 EST

I discovered the file "org.eclipse.equinox.security/secure_storage".
I removed this directory (which was in may home folder), and now I can use eclipse as before.

So it seems to me that for some reason, this file has been corrupted. Having eclipse crash if such a thing happen looks like a bug to me, especially since the message in the logs does not indicate how to solve the issue.

So I let this bug opened, does that make sense?

Comment 2 John Arthorne

2011-01-24 09:23:22 EST

SecurePreferencesFactory.getDefault says it returns null in case it was unable to create secure preferences. It shouldn't be throwing IllegalArgumentException here (especially since the method takes no arguments).

Comment 3 Lars Vogel

2019-09-24 13:51:30 EDT

This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet.

If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it. The information can be, for example, that the problem still occurs, that you still want the feature, that more information is needed, or that the bug is (for whatever reason) no longer relevant.