LookupAccountSid Causes Access Violation on Multihomed System

ID: Q187686

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition version 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0, Terminal Server Edition

SYMPTOMS

Applications that use the LookupAccountSid() function on a multihomed system may intermittently generate the following access violation in the calling function:

Access violation (0x00000006)
ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE

The problem occurs when this function is executed in a separate thread for each attached network, on Windows NT computers that are attached to multiple networks.

CAUSE

After the second thread completes, it attempts to destroy the client context handle, using the same handle that was closed by the first thread. This causes the function to generate the access violation.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0 or Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 4.

Additional query words: AV sid multiple nics multi-homed dr watson crash crashes

Keywords : NT4SP4Fix ntsp kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00.sp4
Version : WinNT:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug