--- a/src/share/native/sun/font/layout/KernTable.cpp	Sun Mar 06 23:37:41 2011 -0800
+++ b/src/share/native/sun/font/layout/KernTable.cpp	Mon Mar 07 17:23:39 2011 -0800
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
       // all the elements ahead of time and store them in the font
 
       const PairInfo* p = pairs;
-      const PairInfo* tp = (const PairInfo*)(p + rangeShift);
+      const PairInfo* tp = (const PairInfo*)(p + (rangeShift/KERN_PAIRINFO_SIZE)); /* rangeshift is in original table bytes */
       if (key > tp->key) {
         p = tp;
       }
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
       le_uint32 probe = searchRange;
       while (probe > 1) {
         probe >>= 1;
-        tp = (const PairInfo*)(p + probe);
+        tp = (const PairInfo*)(p + (probe/KERN_PAIRINFO_SIZE));
         le_uint32 tkey = tp->key;
 #if DEBUG
         fprintf(stdout, "   %.3d (%0.8x)\n", (tp - pairs), tkey);

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/java/awt/font/TextLayout/KernCrash.java	Mon Mar 07 17:23:39 2011 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.awt.*;
+import java.awt.font.*;
+import java.util.*;
+
+/**
+ * Shows (top) with kerning, (middle) without, (bottom) also without.
+ *
+ * @bug 7017324
+ */
+public class KernCrash extends Frame {
+    private static Font font0;
+    private static Font font1;
+    private static Font font2;
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        HashMap attrs = new HashMap();
+        font0 = Font.createFont(Font.TRUETYPE_FONT, new File("Vera.ttf"));
+        System.out.println("using " + font0);
+        attrs.put(TextAttribute.SIZE, new Float(58f));
+        font1 = font0.deriveFont(attrs);
+        attrs.put(TextAttribute.KERNING, TextAttribute.KERNING_ON);
+        font2 = font0.deriveFont(attrs);
+
+        KernCrash f = new KernCrash();
+        f.setTitle("Kerning Crash");
+        f.setSize(600, 300);
+        f.setForeground(Color.black);
+        f.show();
+    }
+
+    public void paint(Graphics g) {
+        Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D)g;
+        FontRenderContext frc = g2.getFontRenderContext();
+        TextLayout layout = new TextLayout("text", font2, frc);
+        layout.draw(g2, 10, 150);
+
+        String s = "WAVATastic";
+        TextLayout layout2 = new TextLayout(s, font1, frc);
+        layout2.draw(g2, 10, 200);
+        TextLayout layout3 = new TextLayout(s, font2, frc);
+        layout3.draw(g2, 10, 100);
+    }
+}