Ted Yu created HADOOP-10733:
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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.
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