Clients May Leak Handles if the Server-Side Process Quits Because of an Exception (304481)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2

This article was previously published under Q304481

SYMPTOMS

When a server-side portion of an RPC-based program fails because of an exception, clients that try to connect to the server-side process may leak handles.

CAUSE

The problem is that on some failure paths, the started call is not aborted, and the buffer that was sent is not freed.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date         Time     Version        Size     File name
   --------------------------------------------------------
   29-Aug-2001  02:23    5.0.2195.4264  940,816  Ole32.dll
   29-Aug-2001  02:23    5.0.2195.4266  428,304  Rpcrt4.dll
   29-Aug-2001  02:23    5.0.2195.4264  185,104  Rpcss.dll

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265173 Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product

For additional information about how to install multiple hotfixes with only one reboot, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

296861 Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple Hotfixes with One Reboot

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	9/26/2005
Keywords:	kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbenv kbfix kbnetwork kbWin2000PreSP3Fix kbWin2000sp3fix KB304481