"STOP 0x00000050" Error Message in Rdr.sys with Special Pool Enabled (244922)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Terminal Server Edition

This article was previously published under Q244922

SYMPTOMS

You may experience random blue-screen error messages in Windows NT with pool corruption. When you have the Special Pool feature enabled, you may receive the following error message on a blue screen as a result of pool corruption:

Stop 0x00000050 (0xf6eb8000, 0x00000001, 0x00000000, 0x80156000)

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because of a 4-byte overrun in Rdr.sys that is caused when a third-party Server Message Block (SMB) server returns a 36-byte buffer when SMB_QUERY_FILE_BASIC_INFO is sent back to the client. Typically, a 40-byte buffer is returned. This causes the buffer to be off by 4 bytes and Rdr.sys to write past its allocated pool.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT Server version 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack

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 NT Server version 4.0, Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 6.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about tracking pool corruption, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

188831 How to Use the Special Pool Feature to Isolate Pool Damage

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	9/26/2005
Keywords:	kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kberrmsg kbfix kbQFE KB244922