The Bluetooth stack may cause the system to crash when you search for nearby devices in Windows Embedded CE 6.0

In some scenarios, when you use a Windows Embedded CE 6.0-based device to search for nearby Bluetooth devices, the Bluetooth stack may crash. When this problem occurs, the Bluetooth stack may cause the system to restart unexpectedly. This problem may occur if any of the nearby Bluetooth devices have a very long device name.

This problem occurs because of an insufficient size allocation for the Host Controller Interface (HCI).

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Download the Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Monthly Update (December 2008) package now. (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=B478949E-D020-465E-B451-73127B30B79F&displaylang=en)

Release Date: Feburary 5, 2009

For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.

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

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

MIPSIV_FP

SH4

x86

ARMV4I

MIPSII

MIPSII_FP

MIPSIV