Ted Yu created HADOOP-10733: ------------------------------- Summary: Potential null dereference in CredentialShell#promptForCredential() Key: HADOOP-10733 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-10733 Project: Hadoop Common Issue Type: Bug Reporter: Ted Yu Priority: Minor
{code} char[] newPassword1 = c.readPassword("Enter password: "); char[] newPassword2 = c.readPassword("Enter password again: "); noMatch = !Arrays.equals(newPassword1, newPassword2); if (noMatch) { Arrays.fill(newPassword1, ' '); {code} newPassword1 might be null, leading to NullPointerException in Arrays.fill() call. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.2#6252)