Applications crash by race condition in buffer handling code for private logging in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

Applies to: Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1Windows Server 2008 R2 DatacenterWindows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise

Symptoms

This issue affects some applications that call the EtwTraceMessage method.

How to obtain this update

To resolve this issue, we have released an update that has prerequisites.

Microsoft Download Center

The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:
Operating systemUpdate
All supported x86-based versions of Windows 7Download Download the package now.
All supported x64-based versions of Windows 7Download Download the package now.
All supported x64-based versions of Windows Server 2008 R2Download Download the package now.
All supported IA-64-based versions of Windows Server 2008 R2Download Download the package now.
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Update detail information

Prerequisites

To install this update, you must install Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2.

Registry information

To apply this update, you do not have to make any changes to the registry.

Restart requirement

You may have to restart the computer after you apply this update.

Update replacement information

This update does not replace a previously released update.

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