--- a/jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/com/sun/security/ntlm/NTLM.java	Thu Jul 14 19:42:16 2016 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/com/sun/security/ntlm/NTLM.java	Fri Jul 15 14:06:50 2016 +0530
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
 
         byte[] readSecurityBuffer(int offset) throws NTLMException {
             int pos = readInt(offset+4);
-            if (pos == 0) return null;
+            if (pos == 0) return new byte[0];
             try {
                 return Arrays.copyOfRange(
                         internal, pos, pos + readShort(offset));

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/jdk/test/sun/net/www/protocol/http/NULLTargetInfoTest.java	Fri Jul 15 14:06:50 2016 +0530
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, 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.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8151788
+ * @summary NullPointerException from ntlm.Client.type3
+ * @modules java.base/com.sun.security.ntlm
+ * @run main NULLTargetInfoTest
+ */
+import com.sun.security.ntlm.Client;
+
+public class NULLTargetInfoTest {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        Client c = new Client(null, "host", "user", "domain", "pass".toCharArray());
+        c.type1();
+        // this input does have the 0x800000 bit(NTLMSSP_NEGOTIATE_TARGET_INFO) set
+        // but after offset 40 all eight bytes are all zero which means there is no
+        // security buffer for target info.
+        byte[] type2 = hex(
+                "4E 54 4C 4D 53 53 50 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00"
+                + "00 00 00 00 05 82 89 00 0B 87 81 B6 2D 6E 8B C1"
+                + "00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00");
+        byte[] nonce = new byte[10];
+        c.type3(type2, nonce);
+    }
+
+    private static byte[] hex(String str) {
+        str = str.replaceAll("\\s", "");
+        byte[] response = new byte[str.length() / 2];
+        int index = 0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < str.length(); i += 2) {
+            response[index++] = Integer.valueOf(str.substring(i, i + 2), 16).byteValue();
+        }
+        return response;
+    }
+}