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Q180053: SNA Server Access Violation in Function S1pimcrc

Article: Q180053
Product(s): Microsoft SNA Server
Version(s): WINDOWS:2.11 SP2,3.0,3.0 SP1,3.0 SP2,3.0 SP3,4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 14-MAR-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft SNA Server, versions 2.11 SP2, 3.0, 3.0 SP1, 3.0 SP2, 3.0 SP3, 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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The SNA Server service (Snaservr.exe) may fail unexpectedly with an access
violation. When the problem occurs, all users connecting through SNA Server will
lose their host sessions and the SNA Server service will no longer be running.
The Windows NT application event log should indicate an Event 624, logged by SNA
Server. Also, the following entry will be logged in the
<Ntroot>\Drwtsn32.log file, indicating an access violation in function
"s1pimcrc":

  Application exception occurred:
       App: snaservr.exe (<process ID>)
       Exception number: c0000005 (access violation)

  [...]

  State Dump for Thread Id 0x8c

  eax=00000000 ebx=002bff62 ecx=000056f1 edx=04000400 esi=00cc4480 
  edi=00000000
  eip=00426412 esp=002bff28 ebp=00000000 iopl=0  nv up ei pl nz ac po nc
  cs=001b  ss=0023  ds=0023  es=0023  fs=0038  gs=0000             efl=00000216

function: s1pimcrc
  004263f0 56               push    esi
  004263f1 33c0             xor     eax,eax
  004263f3 a0aa6f4800       mov     al,[sncurrnt (00486faa)] ds:00486faa=4a
  004263f8 8d0440           lea     eax,[eax+eax*2]  ds:00000000=????????
  004263fb c1e002           shl     eax,0x2
  004263fe 0fbf888ef64800   movsx  ecx,word ptr [eax+0x48f68e] ds:0048f68e=0000

  00426405 8bb084f64800     mov     esi,[eax+0x48f684]     ds:0048f684=00000000
  0042640b 8b048d7c3f4a00                 ds:000056f1=????????
                            mov     eax,[s1seccb+0x1335c (004a3f7c)+ecx*4]
FAULT ->00426412 80781701    cmp     byte ptr [eax+0x17],0x1      
  ds:005de922=??

*----> Stack Back Trace <----*

  FramePtr ReturnAd Param#1  Param#2  Param#3  Param#4  Function Name
  00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 snaservr!s1pimcrc
  00000010 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 snaservr!<nosymbols>

CAUSE
=====

In one instance, the SNA Server failed to check if an LU6.2 control block was
valid when receiving a message from a client machine.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SNA Server versions 2.11 SP2,
3.0, 3.0 SP1, 3.0 SP2 and 4.0.

This problem was corrected in the latest SNA Server versions 3.0 and 4.0 U.S.
Service Packs. For information on obtaining these Service Packs, query on the
following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

  S E R V P A C K


Additional query words:

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbSNAServSearch kbSNAServ300 kbSNAServ400 kbSNAServ211SP2 kbSNAServ300SP3 kbSNAServ300SP1 kbSNAServ300SP2
Version           : WINDOWS:2.11 SP2,3.0,3.0 SP1,3.0 SP2,3.0 SP3,4.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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