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Symptoms

Assume that you try to use the DeviceIoControl function together with the IOCTL_SFFDISK_DEVICE_PASSWORD control code to apply password protection toan SD card on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. In this situation, the SD card is not protected with a password. Additionally, you receive an error message that resembles the following:

Error IOCTL_SFFDISK_DEVICE_PASSWORD to <SD card drive>.
Error: 3221225474

Cause

This issue occurs because the Sffp_sd.sys module does not support the IOCTL_SFFDISK_DEVICE_PASSWORD control code.

Resolution

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing the problem described in this article. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.

If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, contact Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.

Note If additional issues occur or if any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=supportNote The "Hotfix download available" form displays the languages for which the hotfix is available. If you do not see your language, it is because a hotfix is not available for that language.

Prerequisites

To apply this hotfix, you must be running one of the following operating systems:

  • Windows 7

  • Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1)

  • Windows Server 2008 R2

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1)

For more information about how to obtain a Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 service pack, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

976932 Information about Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and for Windows Server 2008 R2

Registry information

To use the hotfix in this package, you do not have to make any changes to the registry.

Restart requirement

You must restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace a previously released hotfix.

File information

The global version of this hotfix installs files that have the attributes that are listed in the following tables. The dates and the times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The dates and the times for these files on your local computer are displayed in your local time together with your current daylight saving time (DST) bias. Additionally, the dates and the times may change when you perform certain operations on the files.

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 file information notes


  • The files that apply to a specific product, milestone (RTM, SPn), and service branch (LDR, GDR) can be identified by examining the file version numbers as shown in the following table:

    Version

    Product

    Milestone

    Service branch

    6.1.760
    0.21xxx

    Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

    RTM

    LDR

    6.1.760
    1.21xxx

    Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

    SP1

    LDR

  • The MANIFEST files (.manifest) and the MUM files (.mum) that are installed for each environment are listed separately in the "Additional file information for Windows Server 2008 R2 and for Windows 7" section. MUM and MANIFEST files, and the associated security catalog (.cat) files, are extremely important to maintain the state of the updated components. The security catalog files, for which the attributes are not listed, are signed with a Microsoft digital signature.

For all supported x86-based versions of Windows 7

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Platform

Sdbus.sys

6.1.7600.21058

86,016

21-Sep-2011

02:30

x86

Sdbus.sys

6.1.7601.21824

86,016

21-Sep-2011

03:29

x86

Sffdisk.sys

6.1.7600.21058

11,264

21-Sep-2011

02:55

x86

Sffp_mmc.sys

6.1.7600.21058

12,288

21-Sep-2011

02:55

x86

Sffp_sd.sys

6.1.7600.21058

12,800

21-Sep-2011

02:55

x86

Sffdisk.sys

6.1.7601.21824

11,776

21-Sep-2011

04:06

x86

Sffp_mmc.sys

6.1.7601.21824

12,288

21-Sep-2011

04:06

x86

Sffp_sd.sys

6.1.7601.21824

12,800

21-Sep-2011

04:06

x86

For all supported x64-based versions of Windows 7 and of Windows Server 2008 R2

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Platform

Sdbus.sys

6.1.7600.21058

109,568

21-Sep-2011

02:55

x64

Sdbus.sys

6.1.7601.21824

109,568

21-Sep-2011

03:20

x64

Sffdisk.sys

6.1.7600.21058

14,336

21-Sep-2011

03:30

x64

Sffp_mmc.sys

6.1.7600.21058

13,824

21-Sep-2011

03:30

x64

Sffp_sd.sys

6.1.7600.21058

14,336

21-Sep-2011

03:30

x64

Sffdisk.sys

6.1.7601.21824

14,848

21-Sep-2011

04:00

x64

Sffp_mmc.sys

6.1.7601.21824

13,824

21-Sep-2011

04:00

x64

Sffp_sd.sys

6.1.7601.21824

14,336

21-Sep-2011

04:00

x64

For all supported IA-64-based versions of Windows Server 2008 R2

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Platform

Sdbus.sys

6.1.7600.21058

274,944

21-Sep-2011

02:04

IA-64

Sdbus.sys

6.1.7601.21824

274,944

21-Sep-2011

02:05

IA-64

Sffdisk.sys

6.1.7600.21058

35,840

21-Sep-2011

02:44

IA-64

Sffp_mmc.sys

6.1.7600.21058

31,744

21-Sep-2011

02:44

IA-64

Sffp_sd.sys

6.1.7600.21058

35,840

21-Sep-2011

02:44

IA-64

Sffdisk.sys

6.1.7601.21824

36,352

21-Sep-2011

02:45

IA-64

Sffp_mmc.sys

6.1.7601.21824

31,744

21-Sep-2011

02:45

IA-64

Sffp_sd.sys

6.1.7601.21824

35,840

21-Sep-2011

02:45

IA-64

Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

More Information

To enable password protection on SD cards, use the IOCTL_SFFDISK_DEVICE_COMMAND and SFFDISK_DEVICE_COMMAND_DATA control codes to send the CMD42 command sequence. For more information about this command sequence, view the "SD memory card part 1: physical layer specification" and "SD memory card part 3: security specification" documents.

If the SD card is already -protected with a password and locked, use the Device Console (DevCon) APIs to disable and then enable the SD card before you exit the control codes. This action is required for the password protection feature to function correctly. For more information about the DevCon utility, visit the following Microsoft website:

General information about the DevCon utilityFor more information about the DeviceIoControl function, visit the following Microsoft website:

General information about the DeviceIoControl functionFor more information about the IOCTL_SFFDISK_DEVICE_COMMAND control code, visit the following Microsoft website:

General information about the IOCTL_SFFDISK_DEVICE_COMMAND control codeFor more information about the IOCTL_SFFDISK_DEVICE_PASSWORD control code, visit the following Microsoft website:

General information about the IOCTL_SFFDISK_DEVICE_PASSWORD control codeFor more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

Known issues

The following known issues occur after you install the hotfix:

  • The password protection feature does not work on computers that have a JMicron SD host controller installed, when the device ID of the host controller is 0x2381. Therefore, the password protection feature is disabled on JMicron SD host controllers that have device ID 0x2381.

  • The password protection feature does not work as expected under certain scenarios on computers that have certain host controllers installed. Please confirm with your hardware vendor that the host controller on your computer supports the DEVICE IOCTL interface for the CMD42 command sequence. For the password protection feature to function, the host controller must support the DEVICE IOCTL interface for the CMD42 command sequence.

Additional file information

Additional file information for Windows 7 and for Windows Server 2008 R2

Additional files for all supported x86-based versions of Windows 7

File name

X86_sdbus.inf_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.21058_none_726601f444ad644c.manifest

File version

Not Applicable

File size

2,075

Date (UTC)

21-Sep-2011

Time (UTC)

05:00

File name

X86_sdbus.inf_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.21824_none_7468f75a41bee0ee.manifest

File version

Not Applicable

File size

2,075

Date (UTC)

21-Sep-2011

Time (UTC)

06:42

File name

X86_sffdisk.inf_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.21058_none_a4bece336440463b.manifest

File version

Not Applicable

File size

3,359

Date (UTC)

21-Sep-2011

Time (UTC)

05:09

File name

X86_sffdisk.inf_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.21824_none_a6c1c3996151c2dd.manifest

File version

Not Applicable

File size

3,359

Date (UTC)

21-Sep-2011

Time (UTC)

07:01

Additional files for all supported x64-based versions of Windows 7 and of Windows Server 2008 R2

File name

Amd64_sdbus.inf_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.21058_none_ce849d77fd0ad582.manifest

File version

Not Applicable

File size

2,079

Date (UTC)

21-Sep-2011

Time (UTC)

05:55

File name

Amd64_sdbus.inf_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.21824_none_d08792ddfa1c5224.manifest

File version

Not Applicable

File size

2,079

Date (UTC)

21-Sep-2011

Time (UTC)

07:24

File name

Amd64_sffdisk.inf_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.21058_none_00dd69b71c9db771.manifest

File version

Not Applicable

File size

3,363

Date (UTC)

21-Sep-2011

Time (UTC)

06:04

File name

Amd64_sffdisk.inf_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.21824_none_02e05f1d19af3413.manifest

File version

Not Applicable

File size

3,363

Date (UTC)

21-Sep-2011

Time (UTC)

07:37

Additional files for all supported IA-64-based versions of Windows Server 2008 R2

File name

Ia64_sdbus.inf_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.21058_none_7267a5ea44ab6d48.manifest

File version

Not Applicable

File size

2,077

Date (UTC)

21-Sep-2011

Time (UTC)

05:56

File name

Ia64_sdbus.inf_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.21824_none_746a9b5041bce9ea.manifest

File version

Not Applicable

File size

2,077

Date (UTC)

21-Sep-2011

Time (UTC)

07:17

File name

Ia64_sffdisk.inf_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.21058_none_a4c07229643e4f37.manifest

File version

Not Applicable

File size

3,361

Date (UTC)

21-Sep-2011

Time (UTC)

06:02

File name

Ia64_sffdisk.inf_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.21824_none_a6c3678f614fcbd9.manifest

File version

Not Applicable

File size

3,361

Date (UTC)

21-Sep-2011

Time (UTC)

07:23

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