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Q191394: SNA Server Access Violation in Function S1psineg

Article: Q191394
Product(s): Microsoft SNA Server
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.0SP1,3.0SP2,3.0SP3,4.0,4.0SP1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 10-JUL-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft SNA Server, versions 3.0, 3.0SP1, 3.0SP2, 3.0SP3, 4.0, 4.0SP1 
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SYMPTOMS
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Microsoft SNA Server (Snaservr.exe) may fail unexpectedly with an access
violation. The following event will be logged into the Windows NT application
event log:

  Event ID: 624
  Source:  SNA Server
  Description: Creating dump file
  <snaroot>\traces\snadump.log for
  snaservr.exe.

The following log entry will be created in the <Ntroot>\Drwtsn32.log file:

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

  [...]

  State Dump for Thread Id 0x8c

  eax=00000000 ebx=00000000 ecx=000008d3 edx=00000000 esi=01154b04
  edi=000008d3 eip=0101f253 esp=00cdff0c
  ebp=01144d48 iopl=0 nv up ei pl zr na po nc
  cs=001b ss=0023 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=0038 gs=0000 efl=00000246

  function: s1psineg
  0101f22d 66c740160000   mov   word ptr [eax+0x16],0x0
  ds:0140ea07=????
  0101f233 c6400926       mov   byte ptr [eax+0x9],0x26
  ds:0140ea06=??
  0101f237 c6401220       mov   byte ptr [eax+0x12],0x20
  ds:0140ea06=??
  0101f23b 8b06           mov   eax,[esi]
  ds:01154b04=0164ba44
  0101f23d 50             push  eax
  0101f23e e8adb2feff     call  snpuputi (0100a4f0)
  0101f243 33c0           xor   eax,eax
  0101f245 8b7c2410       mov   edi,[esp+0x10]
  ss:020ee913=????????
  0101f249 0fbfcf         movsx   ecx,di
  0101f24c 8b148ddc431101      ds:000008d3=????????  mov
  edx,[s1lnkfh+0x14 (011143dc)+ecx*4]
  FAULT ->0101f253 6639421a cmp   edx+0x1a],ax
  ds:0140ea07=????

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

  FramePtr ReturnAd Param#1  Param#2  Param#3  Param#4  Function
Name
  01144d48 000f0011 02030000 01154960 000b0011 02030000
snaservr!s1psineg
  (FPO: [2,1,2])

CAUSE
=====

This problem can occur if the host system sends an invalid "User Request
Correlation Field" in the BIND for an LU6.2 session. Under normal situations, an
INIT-SELF Format 1 would be sent to the host containing the URC field. The host
should then reply with a BIND that contains the same URC field. It was observed
on a tandem host, that the URC field in the BIND was badly formatted and caused
SNA Server to access violate. Please refer to the IBM SNA Format Manual for the
valid format of the request units.




RESOLUTION
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SNA Server 3.0
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To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for SNA Server version
3.0. For additional information, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q184307 How to Obtain the Latest SNA Server Version 3.0 Service Pack



SNA Server 4.0
--------------

This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft SNA Server version 4.0 U.S.
Service Pack. For information on obtaining this Service Pack, query on the
following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

  S E R V P A C K


This fix stops SNA Server from access violating, and instead sends a negative
response to the invalid BIND. You will still need to address why the host is not
sending a valid "User Request Correlation Field."

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SNA Server versions 3.0, 3.0
SP1, 3.0 SP2, 3.0 SP3, 4.0 and 4.0 SP1. This problem was first corrected in SNA
Server 3.0 Service Pack 4.

Additional query words: prodsna snaserverservice kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00.sp1 kbbug3.00 kbbug3.00.sp1 kbbug3.00.sp2 kbfix3.00.sp3

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

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