bazel: Bazel crashes with internal error when building cc_binary

Description of the problem / feature request:

I decided to give bazel a try and wanted to build a cc_binary. However bazel crashes with:

+   $ bazel build //:foo
Starting local Bazel server and connecting to it...
INFO: Analyzed target //:foo (15 packages loaded, 57 targets configured).
INFO: Found 1 target...
[0 / 3] checking cached actions
FATAL: bazel crashed due to an internal error. Printing stack trace:
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
        at com.google.devtools.build.lib.actions.ParameterFile.writeContent(ParameterFile.java:118)
        at com.google.devtools.build.lib.actions.ParameterFile.writeParameterFile(ParameterFile.java:111)
        at com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.actions.ParameterFileWriteAction$ParamFileWriter.writeOutputFile(ParameterFileWriteAction.java:175)
        at com.google.devtools.build.lib.exec.FileWriteStrategy.beginWriteOutputToFile(FileWriteStrategy.java:58)
        at com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.actions.AbstractFileWriteAction.beginExecution(AbstractFileWriteAction.java:66)
        at com.google.devtools.build.lib.actions.Action.execute(Action.java:127)
        at com.google.devtools.build.lib.skyframe.SkyframeActionExecutor$5.execute(SkyframeActionExecutor.java:855)
        at com.google.devtools.build.lib.skyframe.SkyframeActionExecutor$ActionRunner.continueAction(SkyframeActionExecutor.java:1016)
        at com.google.devtools.build.lib.skyframe.SkyframeActionExecutor$ActionRunner.run(SkyframeActionExecutor.java:975)
        at com.google.devtools.build.lib.skyframe.ActionExecutionState.runStateMachine(ActionExecutionState.java:129)
        at com.google.devtools.build.lib.skyframe.ActionExecutionState.getResultOrDependOnFuture(ActionExecutionState.java:81)
        at com.google.devtools.build.lib.skyframe.SkyframeActionExecutor.executeAction(SkyframeActionExecutor.java:472)
        at com.google.devtools.build.lib.skyframe.ActionExecutionFunction.checkCacheAndExecuteIfNeeded(ActionExecutionFunction.java:834)
        at com.google.devtools.build.lib.skyframe.ActionExecutionFunction.compute(ActionExecutionFunction.java:307)
        at com.google.devtools.build.skyframe.AbstractParallelEvaluator$Evaluate.run(AbstractParallelEvaluator.java:477)
        at com.google.devtools.build.lib.concurrent.AbstractQueueVisitor$WrappedRunnable.run(AbstractQueueVisitor.java:398)
        at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1136)
        at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:635)
        at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:833)
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InaccessibleObjectException: Unable to make java.lang.String(byte[],byte) accessible: module java.base does not "opens java.lang" to unnamed module @6a28ffa4
        at java.base/java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject.checkCanSetAccessible(AccessibleObject.java:354)
        at java.base/java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject.checkCanSetAccessible(AccessibleObject.java:297)
        at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Constructor.checkCanSetAccessible(Constructor.java:188)
        at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Constructor.setAccessible(Constructor.java:181)
        at com.google.devtools.build.lib.unsafe.StringUnsafe.<init>(StringUnsafe.java:75)
        at com.google.devtools.build.lib.unsafe.StringUnsafe.initInstance(StringUnsafe.java:56)
        at com.google.devtools.build.lib.unsafe.StringUnsafe.<clinit>(StringUnsafe.java:37)
        ... 19 more

Bugs: what’s the simplest, easiest way to reproduce this bug? Please provide a minimal example if possible.

+$ ls -1
BUILD
main.c
WORKSPACE
+$ cat BUILD
cc_binary(
    name = "foo",
    srcs = ["main.c"],
)
+$ cat main.c
int
main(int argc, char **argv)
{
}
+$ cat WORKSPACE
workspace(name = "foobar")
+$ bazel build //:foo
Starting local Bazel server and connecting to it...
INFO: Analyzed target //:foo (15 packages loaded, 57 targets configured).
INFO: Found 1 target...
[0 / 6] 3 actions, 0 running
    [Prepa] BazelWorkspaceStatusAction stable-status.txt
    [Prepa] Writing file foo-2.params
    [Prepa] Creating source manifest for //:foo
FATAL: bazel crashed due to an internal error. Printing stack trace:
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
        at com.google.devtools.build.lib.actions.ParameterFile.writeContent(ParameterFile.java:118)
        at com.google.devtools.build.lib.actions.ParameterFile.writeParameterFile(ParameterFile.java:111)
        at com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.actions.ParameterFileWriteAction$ParamFileWriter.writeOutputFile(ParameterFileWriteAction.java:175)
        at com.google.devtools.build.lib.exec.FileWriteStrategy.beginWriteOutputToFile(FileWriteStrategy.java:58)
        at com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.actions.AbstractFileWriteAction.beginExecution(AbstractFileWriteAction.java:66)
        at com.google.devtools.build.lib.actions.Action.execute(Action.java:127)
        at com.google.devtools.build.lib.skyframe.SkyframeActionExecutor$5.execute(SkyframeActionExecutor.java:855)
        at com.google.devtools.build.lib.skyframe.SkyframeActionExecutor$ActionRunner.continueAction(SkyframeActionExecutor.java:1016)
        at com.google.devtools.build.lib.skyframe.SkyframeActionExecutor$ActionRunner.run(SkyframeActionExecutor.java:975)
        at com.google.devtools.build.lib.skyframe.ActionExecutionState.runStateMachine(ActionExecutionState.java:129)
        at com.google.devtools.build.lib.skyframe.ActionExecutionState.getResultOrDependOnFuture(ActionExecutionState.java:81)
        at com.google.devtools.build.lib.skyframe.SkyframeActionExecutor.executeAction(SkyframeActionExecutor.java:472)
        at com.google.devtools.build.lib.skyframe.ActionExecutionFunction.checkCacheAndExecuteIfNeeded(ActionExecutionFunction.java:834)
        at com.google.devtools.build.lib.skyframe.ActionExecutionFunction.compute(ActionExecutionFunction.java:307)
        at com.google.devtools.build.skyframe.AbstractParallelEvaluator$Evaluate.run(AbstractParallelEvaluator.java:477)
        at com.google.devtools.build.lib.concurrent.AbstractQueueVisitor$WrappedRunnable.run(AbstractQueueVisitor.java:398)
        at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1136)
        at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:635)
        at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:833)
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InaccessibleObjectException: Unable to make java.lang.String(byte[],byte) accessible: module java.base does not "opens java.lang" to unnamed module @c267ef4
        at java.base/java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject.checkCanSetAccessible(AccessibleObject.java:354)
        at java.base/java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject.checkCanSetAccessible(AccessibleObject.java:297)
        at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Constructor.checkCanSetAccessible(Constructor.java:188)
        at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Constructor.setAccessible(Constructor.java:181)
        at com.google.devtools.build.lib.unsafe.StringUnsafe.<init>(StringUnsafe.java:75)
        at com.google.devtools.build.lib.unsafe.StringUnsafe.initInstance(StringUnsafe.java:56)
        at com.google.devtools.build.lib.unsafe.StringUnsafe.<clinit>(StringUnsafe.java:37)
        ... 19 more

What operating system are you running Bazel on?

Up to date archlinux.

+   $ uname -a
Linux wsshowmax 5.10.89-1-lts #1 SMP Sun, 02 Jan 2022 19:43:44 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

What’s the output of bazel info release?

+$ bazel info release
Starting local Bazel server and connecting to it...
release 4.2.2

What’s the output of git remote get-url origin ; git rev-parse master ; git rev-parse HEAD ?

+$ git remote get-url origin ; git rev-parse master ; git rev-parse HEAD
fatal: not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point /)
Stopping at filesystem boundary (GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM not set).
fatal: not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point /)
Stopping at filesystem boundary (GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM not set).
fatal: not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point /)
Stopping at filesystem boundary (GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM not set).

Have you found anything relevant by searching the web?

No.

Any other information, logs, or outputs that you want to share?

No, I don’t know much about bazel (yet), so I do not know what would be useful. However I’m happy to provide any necessary information if requested.