Exception error when accessing "Roles and access rules" GUI page (ejbca enterprise 8.2)

[sianzz]

Hi All,

I encounter the following GUI error when trying to access the "Roles and access rules" GUI page in ejbca:
An exception has occurred
Cannot invoke "java.util.Map.size()" because "m" is null

Anyone encounter this before can point me in some direction on possible causes? Thanks in advance! I suspect may be environment related since i did not see this problem in another enviroment.
Middleware used
Jboss eap 7.4.14

sample error logging
SEVERE [javax.enterprise.resource.webcontainer.jsf.application] (default task-30) Error Rendering View[/administratorprivileges/roles.xhtml]: javax.el.ELException: /administratorprivileges/roles.xhtml @60,86 value="#{rolesBean.availableStylesList}": javax.ejb.EJBException: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "java.util.Map.size()" because "m" is null at [email protected]//com.sun.faces.facelets.el.TagValueExpression.getValue(TagValueExpression.java:77) at [email protected]//javax.faces.component.ComponentStateHelper.eval(ComponentStateHelper.java:170) at [email protected]//javax.faces.component.ComponentStateHelper.eval(ComponentStateHelper.java:157) at [email protected]//javax.faces.component.UISelectItems.getValue(UISelectItems.java:108) at [email protected]//com.sun.faces.renderkit.SelectItemsIterator.initializeItems(SelectItemsIterator.java:187) at [email protected]//com.sun.faces.renderkit.SelectItemsIterator.hasNext(SelectItemsIterator.java:112) at [email protected]//com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.MenuRenderer.renderOptions(MenuRenderer.java:583) at [email protected]//com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.MenuRenderer.renderSelect(MenuRenderer.java:649) at [email protected]//com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.MenuRenderer.encodeEnd(MenuRenderer.java:193) at [email protected]//javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeEnd(UIComponentBase.java:595) at [email protected]//com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.HtmlBasicRenderer.encodeRecursive(HtmlBasicRenderer.java:286) at [email protected]//com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.GroupRenderer.encodeChildren(GroupRenderer.java:90) at [email protected]//javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:566) at [email protected]//com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.HtmlBasicRenderer.encodeRecursive(HtmlBasicRenderer.java:278) at [email protected]//com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.TableRenderer.renderRow(TableRenderer.java:374) at [email protected]//com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.TableRenderer.encodeChildren(TableRenderer.java:137) at [email protected]//javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:566) at [email protected]//javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:1647) at [email protected]//javax.faces.render.Renderer.encodeChildren(Renderer.java:152) at [email protected]//javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:566) at [email protected]//com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.HtmlBasicRenderer.encodeRecursive(HtmlBasicRenderer.java:278) at [email protected]//com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.GroupRenderer.encodeChildren(GroupRenderer.java:90) at [email protected]//javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:566) at [email protected]//com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.HtmlBasicRenderer.encodeRecursive(HtmlBasicRenderer.java:278) at [email protected]//com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.GroupRenderer.encodeChildren(GroupRenderer.java:90) at [email protected]//javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:566) at [email protected]//com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.HtmlBasicRenderer.encodeRecursive(HtmlBasicRenderer.java:278) at [email protected]//com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.GroupRenderer.encodeChildren(GroupRenderer.java:90) at [email protected]//javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:566) at [email protected]//com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.HtmlBasicRenderer.encodeRecursive(HtmlBasicRenderer.java:278) at [email protected]//com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.GroupRenderer.encodeChildren(GroupRenderer.java:90) at [email protected]//javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:566) at [email protected]//javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:1647) at [email protected]//javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:1650) at [email protected]//javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:1650) at [email protected]//com.sun.faces.application.view.FaceletViewHandlingStrategy.renderView(FaceletViewHandlingStrategy.java:468) at [email protected]//com.sun.faces.application.view.MultiViewHandler.renderView(MultiViewHandler.java:170) at [email protected]//javax.faces.application.ViewHandlerWrapper.renderView(ViewHandlerWrapper.java:132) at [email protected]//javax.faces.application.ViewHandlerWrapper.renderView(ViewHandlerWrapper.java:132) at [email protected]//com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RenderResponsePhase.execute(RenderResponsePhase.java:102) at [email protected]//com.sun.faces.lifecycle.Phase.doPhase(Phase.java:76) at [email protected]//com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:199) at [email protected]//javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.executeLifecyle(FacesServlet.java:708) at [email protected]//javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:451) at [email protected]//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.ServletHandler.handleRequest(ServletHandler.java:74) at [email protected]//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.FilterHandler$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterHandler.java:129) at deployment.ejbca.ear.adminweb.war//org.ejbca.ui.web.admin.NoCacheFilter.doFilter(NoCacheFilter.java:68) at [email protected]//io.undertow.servlet.core.ManagedFilter.doFilter(ManagedFilter.java:67) at [email protected]//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.FilterHandler$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterHandler.java:131) at deployment.ejbca.ear//org.owasp.filters.ContentSecurityPolicyFilter.doFilter(ContentSecurityPolicyFilter.java:137) at [email protected]//io.undertow.servlet.core.ManagedFilter.doFilter(ManagedFilter.java:67) at [email protected]//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.FilterHandler$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterHandler.java:131) at deployment.ejbca.ear.adminweb.war//org.ejbca.ui.web.admin.ProxiedAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(ProxiedAuthenticationFilter.java:104) at [email protected]//io.undertow.servlet.core.ManagedFilter.doFilter(ManagedFilter.java:67) at [email protected]//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.FilterHandler$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterHandler.java:131) at [email protected]//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.FilterHandler.handleRequest(FilterHandler.java:84) at [email protected]//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.security.ServletSecurityRoleHandler.handleRequest(ServletSecurityRoleHandler.java:62) at [email protected]//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.ServletChain$1.handleRequest(ServletChain.java:68) at [email protected]//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.ServletDispatchingHandler.handleRequest(ServletDispatchingHandler.java:36) at org.wildfly.security.elytron-web.undertow-server@1.9.3.Final-redhat-00001//org.wildfly.elytron.web.undertow.server.ElytronRunAsHandler.lambda$handleRequest$1(ElytronRunAsHandler.java:68) at [email protected]//org.wildfly.security.auth.server.FlexibleIdentityAssociation.runAsFunctionEx(FlexibleIdentityAssociation.java:103) at [email protected]//org.wildfly.security.auth.server.Scoped.runAsFunctionEx(Scoped.java:161) at [email protected]//org.wildfly.security.auth.server.Scoped.runAs(Scoped.java:73) at org.wildfly.security.elytron-web.undertow-server@1.9.3.Final-redhat-00001//org.wildfly.elytron.web.undertow.server.ElytronRunAsHandler.handleRequest(ElytronRunAsHandler.java:67) at [email protected]//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.RedirectDirHandler.handleRequest(RedirectDirHandler.java:68) at [email protected]//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.security.SSLInformationAssociationHandler.handleRequest(SSLInformationAssociationHandler.java:117) at [email protected]//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.security.ServletAuthenticationCallHandler.handleRequest(ServletAuthenticationCallHandler.java:57) at [email protected]//io.undertow.server.handlers.PredicateHandler.handleRequest(PredicateHandler.java:43) at [email protected]//io.undertow.security.handlers.AuthenticationConstraintHandler.handleRequest(AuthenticationConstraintHandler.java:53) at [email protected]//io.undertow.security.handlers.AbstractConfidentialityHandler.handleRequest(AbstractConfidentialityHandler.java:46) at [email protected]//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.security.ServletConfidentialityConstraintHandler.handleRequest(ServletConfidentialityConstraintHandler.java:64) at [email protected]//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.security.ServletSecurityConstraintHandler.handleRequest(ServletSecurityConstraintHandler.java:60) at [email protected]//io.undertow.security.handlers.AbstractSecurityContextAssociationHandler.handleRequest(AbstractSecurityContextAssociationHandler.java:43) at org.wildfly.security.elytron-web.undertow-server-servlet@1.9.3.Final-redhat-00001//org.wildfly.elytron.web.undertow.server.servlet.CleanUpHandler.handleRequest(CleanUpHandler.java:38) at [email protected]//io.undertow.server.handlers.PredicateHandler.handleRequest(PredicateHandler.java:43) at [email protected]//org.wildfly.extension.undertow.security.jacc.JACCContextIdHandler.handleRequest(JACCContextIdHandler.java:61) at [email protected]//io.undertow.server.handlers.PredicateHandler.handleRequest(PredicateHandler.java:43) at [email protected]//org.wildfly.extension.undertow.deployment.GlobalRequestControllerHandler.handleRequest(GlobalRequestControllerHandler.java:68) at [email protected]//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.SendErrorPageHandler.handleRequest(SendErrorPageHandler.java:52) at [email protected]//io.undertow.server.handlers.PredicateHandler.handleRequest(PredicateHandler.java:43) at [email protected]//io.undertow.server.handlers.MetricsHandler.handleRequest(MetricsHandler.java:64) at [email protected]//io.undertow.servlet.core.MetricsChainHandler.handleRequest(MetricsChainHandler.java:59) at [email protected]//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.ServletInitialHandler.handleFirstRequest(ServletInitialHandler.java:275) at [email protected]//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.ServletInitialHandler.access$100(ServletInitialHandler.java:79) at [email protected]//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.ServletInitialHandler$2.call(ServletInitialHandler.java:134) at [email protected]//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.ServletInitialHandler$2.call(ServletInitialHandler.java:131) at [email protected]//io.undertow.servlet.core.ServletRequestContextThreadSetupAction$1.call(ServletRequestContextThreadSetupAction.java:48) at [email protected]//io.undertow.servlet.core.ContextClassLoaderSetupAction$1.call(ContextClassLoaderSetupAction.java:43) at [email protected]//org.wildfly.extension.undertow.deployment.UndertowDeploymentInfoService$UndertowThreadSetupAction.lambda$create$0(UndertowDeploymentInfoService.java:1555) at [email protected]//org.wildfly.extension.undertow.deployment.UndertowDeploymentInfoService$UndertowThreadSetupAction.lambda$create$0(UndertowDeploymentInfoService.java:1555) at [email protected]//org.wildfly.extension.undertow.deployment.UndertowDeploymentInfoService$UndertowThreadSetupAction.lambda$create$0(UndertowDeploymentInfoService.java:1555) at [email protected]//org.wildfly.extension.undertow.deployment.UndertowDeploymentInfoService$UndertowThreadSetupAction.lambda$create$0(UndertowDeploymentInfoService.java:1555) at [email protected]//org.wildfly.extension.undertow.deployment.UndertowDeploymentInfoService$UndertowThreadSetupAction.lambda$create$0(UndertowDeploymentInfoService.java:1555) at [email protected]//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.ServletInitialHandler.dispatchRequest(ServletInitialHandler.java:255) at [email protected]//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.ServletInitialHandler.access$000(ServletInitialHandler.java:79) at [email protected]//io.undertow.servlet.handlers.ServletInitialHandler$1.handleRequest(ServletInitialHandler.java:100) at [email protected]//io.undertow.server.Connectors.executeRootHandler(Connectors.java:393) at [email protected]//io.undertow.server.HttpServerExchange$1.run(HttpServerExchange.java:852) at [email protected]//org.jboss.threads.ContextClassLoaderSavingRunnable.run(ContextClassLoaderSavingRunnable.java:35) at [email protected]//org.jboss.threads.EnhancedQueueExecutor.safeRun(EnhancedQueueExecutor.java:1990) at [email protected]//org.jboss.threads.EnhancedQueueExecutor$ThreadBody.doRunTask(EnhancedQueueExecutor.java:1486) at [email protected]//org.jboss.threads.EnhancedQueueExecutor$ThreadBody.run(EnhancedQueueExecutor.java:1377) at [email protected]//org.xnio.XnioWorker$WorkerThreadFactory$1$1.run(XnioWorker.java:1282) at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:833) Caused by: javax.el.ELException: javax.ejb.EJBException: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "java.util.Map.size()" because "m" is null at [email protected]//javax.el.BeanELResolver.getValue(BeanELResolver.java:191) at [email protected]//com.sun.faces.el.DemuxCompositeELResolver._getValue(DemuxCompositeELResolver.java:156) at [email protected]//com.sun.faces.el.DemuxCompositeELResolver.getValue(DemuxCompositeELResolver.java:184) at [email protected]//com.sun.el.parser.AstValue.getValue(AstValue.java:114) at [email protected]//com.sun.el.parser.AstValue.getValue(AstValue.java:177) at [email protected]//com.sun.el.ValueExpressionImpl.getValue(ValueExpressionImpl.java:183) at [email protected]//org.jboss.weld.module.web.el.WeldValueExpression.getValue(WeldValueExpression.java:50) at [email protected]//org.jboss.weld.module.web.el.WeldValueExpression.getValue(WeldValueExpression.java:50) at [email protected]//com.sun.faces.facelets.el.TagValueExpression.getValue(TagValueExpression.java:73)

[primetomas]

What versoin of EJBCA is this? Did you test on the latest release?
https://hub.docker.com/r/keyfactor/ejbca-ce

[sianzz]

enterprise 8.2

We compiled and test on another vm its ok no issues. We suspect may be environment related but unable to pinout what may be the problem.

Note that if we use example this link
https://localhost:8443/ejbca/adminweb/administratorprivileges/rolemembers.xhtml?roleId=1

We can see the superadmin cert page but will get the same error if we try to click back to main Roles and Access page.

Unfortunately we dun use docker in our environment. Our environment is windows based too.

[primetomas]

If you are running Enterprise you should get in contact with Keyfactor support. In this channel there is no SLA, want to make sure you get the timely help that you need.

[sianzz]

Thanks for reply.

No worries we are doing testing on 8.2 currently so no need SLA support for now :). I am using this informal channel to see if anyone encounter this error before. :)

[primetomas]

Great. Are you using any different database on system that works towards that doesn't work?