From e9aaa7a2c376bc3f04d2e29ccd1fa7db355af5be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chaiyong Ragkhitwetsagul <cragkhit@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 05:57:11 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] Update SMIMETest.java

Add identity and null checks before comparing byte arrays.
---
 .../java/org/bouncycastle/asn1/smime/test/SMIMETest.java  | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/util/src/test/java/org/bouncycastle/asn1/smime/test/SMIMETest.java b/util/src/test/java/org/bouncycastle/asn1/smime/test/SMIMETest.java
index 5c6e951f42..4b96be987f 100644
--- a/util/src/test/java/org/bouncycastle/asn1/smime/test/SMIMETest.java
+++ b/util/src/test/java/org/bouncycastle/asn1/smime/test/SMIMETest.java
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ private boolean isSameAs(
         byte[]  a,
         byte[]  b)
     {
+        if (a == b)
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (null == a || null == b)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
         if (a.length != b.length)
         {
             return false;