Stop 0x100000C5 DRIVER_CORRUPTED_EXPOOL (c5)

[HUPOKEIMENON]

Hello, Perhaps someone here can help me with this issue. I run Virtual PC 2007 (6.0.156.0) on Vista Ultimate (SP1 x86). On VPC I run various VMs, mostly 2003 Domain Controllers to test AD changes. However, I have one XP Pro Sp2 VM (workgroup) which runs on VPC. This XP VM will occassionally BSOD for no apparant reason (regardless of whether other VMs are also running). The 2003 VMs never crash.

The following minidump output shows no offending driver, so I don't really know where to go. I also do not see any errors/warnings in the event logs prior to the BSOD.

Any advice please?

This XP VM runs the following applications:
AVG free
Office 2007 Sp3 (Outlook running)
Lotus Sametime 7.5.1
MSN Live Messenger
Cisco VPN Client 5.0.00.0090
Perigrine Service Center (an incident ticket system used by my company).

kd> !analyze -v
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* Bugcheck Analysis *
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DRIVER_CORRUPTED_EXPOOL (c5)
An attempt was made to access a pageable (or completely invalid) address at an
interrupt request level (IRQL) that is too high. This is
caused by drivers that have corrupted the system pool. Run the driver
verifier against any new (or suspect) drivers, and if that doesn't turn up
the culprit, then use gflags to enable special pool.
Arguments:
Arg1: 00000000, memory referenced
Arg2: 00000002, IRQL
Arg3: 00000001, value 0 = read operation, 1 = write operation
Arg4: 8054b539, address which referenced memory

Debugging Details:
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BUGCHECK_STR: 0xC5_2

CURRENT_IRQL: 2

FAULTING_IP:
nt!ExDeferredFreePool+fd
8054b539 8913 mov dword ptr [ebx],edx

CUSTOMER_CRASH_COUNT: 1

DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: INTEL_CPU_MICROCODE_ZERO

PROCESS_NAME: System

LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER: from 8054b51e to 8054b539

STACK_TEXT:
f89a7cc4 8054b51e 81cfb008 00000000 81ca27c8 nt!ExDeferredFreePool+0xfd
f89a7d04 80563a85 81ca27c8 e5726854 823c8ec0 nt!ExFreePoolWithTag+0x489
f89a7d28 80563aff 81ca27c8 00000000 00000000 nt!ObpFreeObject+0x18d
f89a7d40 804e36d5 81ca27e0 00000000 806ed03c nt!ObpRemoveObjectRoutine+0xe7
f89a7d64 804f7dc0 823c3020 80560710 805616b8 nt!ObfDereferenceObject+0x5f
f89a7d74 804e426b 00000000 00000000 823c3020 nt!PspReaper+0x4a
f89a7dac 8057d0f1 00000000 00000000 00000000 nt!ExpWorkerThread+0x100
f89a7ddc 804f827a 804e4196 00000002 00000000 nt!PspSystemThreadStartup+0x34
00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 nt!KiThreadStartup+0x16

STACK_COMMAND: kb

FOLLOWUP_IP:
nt!ExDeferredFreePool+fd
8054b539 8913 mov dword ptr [ebx],edx

SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX: 0

SYMBOL_NAME: nt!ExDeferredFreePool+fd

FOLLOWUP_NAME: Pool_corruption

IMAGE_NAME: Pool_Corruption

DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 0

MODULE_NAME: Pool_Corruption

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: 0xC5_2_nt!ExDeferredFreePool+fd

BUCKET_ID: 0xC5_2_nt!ExDeferredFreePool+fd

Followup: Pool_corruption
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[Route44]

No offending driver is something I have never seen before. From auhma.org:

0x000000C5: DRIVER_CORRUPTED_EXPOOL

An attempt occurred to touch invalid memory at a process IRQL that is too high. This is almost always caused by drivers that have corrupted the system pool. If you’ve recently installed any new software, check to see if it’s properly installed; and check for updated drivers on the manufacturer’s web site.

* I would go into Device Manager and see if there are any conflicts.

* Update your drivers to the latest.

Somewhere a driver is in conflict by attempting to access an IRQL that is has no right to do thus causing your crashes.

 

[HUPOKEIMENON]

yeah, it is curious to me, too. since it is a VM, there really are no drivers besides the ones which normally come in a VM. the only driver is the Cisco VPN Client. Maybe i need to mess with that

 

[zerokewl]

i have a question. Would u happen to have Creative Live! installed? cuz i was having the same problem. driver verifier didn pick up errors on standard settings so i put it on custom, and chose ALL tests avaliable.

it found an error in ctljystk.sys which belongs to Sound Blaster Live! by Creative Labs. i ran a search and found a microsoft page labeled:

When you use a Creative Labs SoundBlaster 16 Joystick with a game port in Windows XP, you receive a "serious error" or a "STOP: 0x0000007E" error message

to fix it i went to microsoft update and they had a newer driver. works fine so far.

Hope this helps!