--- old/src/java.base/share/lib/security/default.policy	2016-10-17 17:10:05.331332534 -0400
+++ new/src/java.base/share/lib/security/default.policy	2016-10-17 17:10:05.103332540 -0400
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@
     permission java.lang.RuntimePermission
                    "accessClassInPackage.sun.security.*";
     permission java.lang.RuntimePermission "loadLibrary.sunec";
-    permission java.util.PropertyPermission "*", "read";
     permission java.security.SecurityPermission "putProviderProperty.SunEC";
     permission java.security.SecurityPermission "clearProviderProperties.SunEC";
     permission java.security.SecurityPermission "removeProviderProperty.SunEC";
--- old/test/sun/security/ec/TestEC.java	2016-10-17 17:10:06.467332504 -0400
+++ new/test/sun/security/ec/TestEC.java	2016-10-17 17:10:06.203332511 -0400
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 /**
  * @test
- * @bug 6840752
+ * @bug 6840752 8168078
  * @summary  Provide out-of-the-box support for ECC algorithms
  * @library ../pkcs11
  * @library ../pkcs11/ec
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
  * @modules jdk.crypto.pkcs11/sun.security.pkcs11.wrapper
  * @compile -XDignore.symbol.file TestEC.java
  * @run main/othervm -Djdk.tls.namedGroups="secp256r1,sect193r1" TestEC
+ * @run main/othervm/java.security.policy=TestEC.policy -Djdk.tls.namedGroups="secp256r1,sect193r1" TestEC
  */
 
 import java.security.NoSuchProviderException;
--- old/test/sun/security/pkcs11/PKCS11Test.java	2016-10-17 17:10:07.487332478 -0400
+++ new/test/sun/security/pkcs11/PKCS11Test.java	2016-10-17 17:10:07.219332485 -0400
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.ServiceConfigurationError;
 import java.util.ServiceLoader;
 import java.util.Set;
 
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@
                     found = true;
                     break;
                 }
-            } catch (Exception e) {
+            } catch (Exception | ServiceConfigurationError e) {
                 // ignore and move on to the next one
             }
         }
--- /dev/null	2016-10-12 10:03:53.747326793 -0400
+++ new/test/sun/security/ec/TestEC.policy	2016-10-17 17:10:08.171332460 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+grant codebase "file:${test.classes}/*" {
+    permission java.security.AllPermission;
+};