--- old/src/share/classes/sun/security/ec/ECKeyPairGenerator.java	2014-05-27 12:59:26.544793000 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/sun/security/ec/ECKeyPairGenerator.java	2014-05-27 12:59:26.392796000 -0700
@@ -123,9 +123,10 @@
         }
         random.nextBytes(seed);
 
+        long[] handles = null;
         try {
 
-            long[] handles = generateECKeyPair(keySize, encodedParams, seed);
+            handles = generateECKeyPair(keySize, encodedParams, seed);
 
             // The 'params' object supplied above is equivalent to the native
             // one so there is no need to fetch it.
@@ -146,6 +147,12 @@
 
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new ProviderException(e);
+        } finally {
+            if (handles != null) {
+                // handles[2] points to the data structure containing
+                // both the native public and private key.
+                releaseECKeyPairData(handles[2]);
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -168,6 +175,12 @@
     private static native long[] generateECKeyPair(int keySize,
         byte[] encodedParams, byte[] seed) throws GeneralSecurityException;
 
+
+    /*
+     * Releases the native memory allocated by generateECKeyPair.
+     */
+    private static native void releaseECKeyPairData(long privKeyHandle);
+
     /*
      * Extracts the encoded key data using the supplied handle.
      */