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Non-paged Pool Leak in Ftdisk.sys

Article ID: 164925

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51

This article was previously published under Q164925

SYMPTOMS

After a server has been running for a period of time, users connecting to the server over the network may receive RPC Server Busy errors. If users tries to log on locally, they may receive the following error message:

C0000017 (STATUS_NO_MEMORY)

Further investigation with Performance Monitor may show a nonpaged pool leak.

CAUSE

An IRP is allocated for a write to a shadow member. This IRP is never deallocated.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.51. A supported fix is now available, but has not been fully regression tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem. Unless you are severely impacted by this specific problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Service Pack that contains this fix. Contact Microsoft Technical Support for more information.

Additional query words: FTDISK leak non-paged pool perfmon leaking

Keywords: kbbug kbfix KB164925