2794009 - Tomcat SAPJVM crashes in function xmlStream::va_tag

• After a period of time, Tomcat crashes and generates a hs_err_pid file to <BOBJINSTALLDIR>\Tomcat containing the following information:
  

  # A fatal error has been detected by the SAP Java Virtual Machine:
  #
  # SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x00002b4371cf8353, pid=23092, tid=47570358150912
  # accessing faulting address: 0x00002b4300000000
  #
  # JRE version: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (8.0_131) (build 8.1.030)
  # Java VM: SAP Java Server VM (8.1.030 25.51-b02 Apr 26 2017 16:01:22 - 81_REL - optU - linux amd64 - 6 - bas2:288514 (mixed mode) compressed oops)
  # Problematic frame:
  # V [libjvm.so+0x10a4353] xmlStream::va_tag(bool, char const*, __va_list_tag*)+0x43 (sp=0x00002b43d64c8880) (pc=0x00002b4371cf8353)

• In the OS logs, the following error is seen:
  SAPJVM[29545]:    :    [47351015171840]    15:04:39 ***ERROR (:0): OutOfMemoryError: Could not allocate 0 bytes
  
  
• In the Tomcat logs (Stderr.log or Catalina.log), the following message is seen:
  

  java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Metaspace
  Dumping heap to java_pid29545.hprof ...
  Heap dump file created [2924857359 bytes in 29.637 secs]

• SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform 4.x
• Tomcat 8 and above
• SAPJVM
• Windows
• Linux / Unix

KBA , BI-BIP-DEP , Webapp Deployment, Networking, Vulnerabilities, Webservices , Problem