Write Java code to crash the java virtual machine

You can use the Unsafe class which is unsafe to use as you might guess.

public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
    getUnsafe().getByte(0);
}

private static Unsafe getUnsafe() throws NoSuchFieldException, IllegalAccessException {
    Field theUnsafe = Unsafe.class.getDeclaredField("theUnsafe");
    theUnsafe.setAccessible(true);
    return (Unsafe) theUnsafe.get(null);
}

prints

#
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
#  SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x00007ff1c2f23368, pid=2630, tid=140676351506176
#
# JRE version: 7.0-b147
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (21.0-b17 mixed mode linux-amd64 compressed oops)
# Problematic frame:
# V  [libjvm.so+0x82c368]  Unsafe_GetNativeByte+0xa8
#
# Failed to write core dump. Core dumps have been disabled. To enable core dumping, try "ulimit -c unlimited" before starting Java again
#
# An error report file with more information is saved as:
# /nfs/peter/IdeaProjects/scratch/hs_err_pid2630.log
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
#   http://bugreport.sun.com/bugreport/crash.jsp
#