A Windows 2000 Kernel Memory Leak Occurs with Security Auditing (306670)



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 Q306670

SYMPTOMS

A Windows 2000-based server may experience a kernel page pool leak in the "SeOn" tag if security auditing is turned on.

CAUSE

The Windows 2000 kernel object manager does not free the pool in some cases.

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
   ----------------------------------------------------------
   24-Oct-2001  11:06  5.0.2195.4540  1,686,464  Ntkrnlmp.exe
   24-Oct-2001  11:07  5.0.2195.4540  1,686,080  Ntkrnlpa.exe
   24-Oct-2001  11:07  5.0.2195.4540  1,706,816  Ntkrpamp.exe
   24-Oct-2001  11:06  5.0.2195.4540  1,664,256  Ntoskrnl.exe
				

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.

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/26/2005
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix kbSecurity kbWin2000PreSP3Fix kbWin2000sp3fix KB306670