Symptoms
When you run a spatial query that contains OPENQUERY methods through a linked server in an instance of Microsoft SQL Server 2014 or 2016, an access violation occurs.
Resolution
This problem was first fixed in the following cumulative update for SQL Server:
Cumulative Update 6 for SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 1 Cumulative Update 1 for SQL Server 2016
Each new cumulative update for SQL Server contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous cumulative update. Check out the latest cumulative updates for SQL Server:
Latest cumulative update for SQL Server 2014 Latest cumulative update for SQL Server 2016
Status
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
References
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