src/java.base/windows/native/libjli/java_md.c

@@ -32,10 +32,11 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <wtypes.h>
 #include <commctrl.h>
+#include <assert.h>
 
 #include <jni.h>
 #include "java.h"
 
 #define JVM_DLL "jvm.dll"

@@ -1013,10 +1014,21 @@
         return NewPlatformStringArray(env, strv, argc);
     }
 
     // sanity check, match the args we have, to the holy grail
     idx = JLI_GetAppArgIndex();
+
+    // First arg index is NOT_FOUND
+    if (idx < 0) {
+        // The only allowed value should be NOT_FOUND (-1) unless another change introduces
+        // a different negative index
+        assert (idx == -1);
+        JLI_TraceLauncher("Warning: first app arg index not found, %d\n", idx);
+        JLI_TraceLauncher("passing arguments as-is.\n");
+        return NewPlatformStringArray(env, strv, argc);
+    }
+
     isTool = (idx == 0);
     if (isTool) { idx++; } // skip tool name
     JLI_TraceLauncher("AppArgIndex: %d points to %s\n", idx, stdargs[idx].arg);
 
     appArgIdx = calloc(argc, sizeof(int));