SESSION_HAS_VALID_SPECIAL_POOL_ON_EXIT
Code: 0xec (236)
As HRESULT:- S: 0 (Success)
- C: 0 (Microsoft-defined)
- N: 0 (Not an NTSTATUS value)
- Facility: 0x000 (FACILITY_NULL: Default)
- Code: 0x00ec (236)
- Sev: 0 (STATUS_SEVERITY_SUCCESS)
- C: 0 (Microsoft-defined)
- Facility: 0x000 (Default)
- Code: 0x00ec (236)
Parameters
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | The session ID |
| 2 | The number of special pool pages that are leaking |
| 3 | Reserved |
| 4 | Reserved |
Description
The SESSION_HAS_VALID_SPECIAL_POOL_ON_EXIT bug check has a value of 0x000000EC. This indicates that a session unload occurred while a session driver still held memory.
Important
This article is for programmers. If you're a customer who has received a blue screen error code while using your computer, see Troubleshoot blue screen errors.
Cause
This error is caused by a session driver not freeing its special pool allocations prior to a session unload. This indicates a bug in win32k.sys, atmfd.dll, rdpdd.dll, or a video driver.
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Associated Modules
| Module | Code | Found in | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| EventCreate.exe | 0xec | 78.11011 | %1 |
| dsreg.dll | 0xec | 11 | Unable to start provisioning resource account credentials. Exit code: %1 User ID: %2 Tenant ID: %3 Device ID: %4 Join type: %5 (%6) Request ID: %7 URL: %8 |
| webservices.dll | 0xec | 78.11011 | A runtime memory allocation requires %1 bytes more than what is available in the heap with a limit of %2 bytes. |
| win32k.sys | 0xec | 78.1 | show status |
| win32kbase.sys | 0xec | 1011 | show status |
| 5 entries | |||