Access Violation May Occur After Upgrading to 3.0 SP1 (168546)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft SNA Server 3.0 SP1, when used with:
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT

This article was previously published under Q168546

SYMPTOMS

After upgrading SNA Server 3.0 with Service Pack 1, the SnaBase or SNA Server service may fail unexpectedly with an access violation or SNA Server may unexpectedly stop accepting new client connections. This problem can occur if SNA clients are connecting to the server over MS Networking (named pipes) or Netware IPX/SPX. A Drwtsn32.log entry may be generated when this failure occurs, indicating a FAULT in the top-level routine along with the following stack-back trace (which may vary):
  • snalm!QueueBuffer

    or
  • ntdll!RtlAllocateHeap
    snalm!GetReadBuffer
    snalm!AceptConnection
    snadmod!AcceptClientConnection
    snadmod!DMODServiceThread

    or
  • ntdll!RtlDestroyHeap
    ntdll!RtlFreeHeap
    snalm!CleanupConnection
    snalm!CloseConnection
    snadmod!CloseLtab
    snadmod!IoThread

    or
  • security!NtLmSspControl
    security!DeleteSecurityContext
    snalm!CleanupSecurityContext
    snalm!CloseConnection
    snadmod!sepdnhpe
If new clients cannot connect, the SNA Server or SnaBase internal trace may indicate the following error after accepting a new client connection:
ACCPT HeapAlloc failed, rc 0

CAUSE

SnaBase or SNA Server memory local heap corruption is occurring within the IO completion port handling of named pipe or IPX/SPX clients.

RESOLUTION

The SNA Server has been updated to correct this problem.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT SNA Server version 3.0 Server Pack 1. This problem was corrected in the latest SNA Server version 3.0 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining this Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K


Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/24/2004
Keywords:kbBug kbfix kbnetwork KB168546