Microsoft KB Archive/304481

= Clients May Leak Handles if the Server-Side Process Quits Because of an Exception =

Article ID: 304481

Article Last Modified on 2/21/2007

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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 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

Additional query words: kbNetworking

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbwin2000presp3fix kbqfe kbwin2000sp3fix kbenv kbnetwork kbhotfixserver KB304481

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