Microsoft KB Archive/306670

= A Windows 2000 Kernel Memory Leak Occurs with Security Auditing =

Article ID: 306670

Article Last Modified on 2/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2

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This article was previously published under Q306670



SYMPTOMS
A Windows 2000-based server may experience a kernel page pool leak in the &quot;SeOn&quot; 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.

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbwin2000presp3fix kbqfe kbwin2000sp3fix kbsecurity kbhotfixserver KB306670

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