--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/vm_version.cpp	Fri Feb 24 18:30:42 2012 -0800
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/vm_version.cpp	Mon Feb 27 13:10:13 2012 +0100
@@ -169,6 +169,13 @@
   return VM_RELEASE;
 }
 
+// NOTE: do *not* use stringStream. this function is called by
+//       fatal error handlers. if the crash is in native thread,
+//       stringStream cannot get resource allocated and will SEGV.
+const char* Abstract_VM_Version::jre_release_version() {
+  return JRE_RELEASE_VERSION;
+}
+
 #define OS       LINUX_ONLY("linux")             \
                  WINDOWS_ONLY("windows")         \
                  SOLARIS_ONLY("solaris")         \