Symptoms
When you run the "select contention_factor from sys.dm_os_memory_objects" statement in the SQL Server monitor tool to monitor the SQL Server database, an error message that resembles the following is logged in the SQL Server error log:
Date/Time
SPID SqlDumpExceptionHandler: Process 56 generated fatal exception c0000005 EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION. SQL Server is terminating this process.
Date/TimeSPID * *******************************************************************************
Date/TimeSPID *
Date/TimeSPID * BEGIN STACK DUMP:
Date/TimeSPID * Date/TimeSPID
Date/TimeSPID *
Date/TimeSPID * Exception Address = 00007FFB8EE5015D Module(sqlmin+00000000004F015D)
Date/TimeSPID * Exception Code = c0000005 EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION
Date/TimeSPID * Access Violation occurred reading address 0000000000000020
Date/TimeSPID * Input Buffer 136 bytes -
Date/TimeSPID * SELECT contention_factor FROM sys.dm_os_memory_objects;
Resolution
This fix is included in the following cumulative updates for SQL Server:
Cumulative Update 1 for SQL Server 2017
Cumulative Update 5 for SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 1
Cumulative Update 11 for SQL Server 2014 SP2
Service Pack information for SQL Server
This fix is included in the following service pack for SQL Server:
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Latest cumulative update for SQL Server 2017
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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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