A bug in vtss.sys

[Slava_I_]

There is a bug in vtss.sys - an attempt to close an invalid handle from the driver, the bug reveales itself only when the driver verifier is active. Mostly it is a nuisance as this bug should not have any impact on the system but the driver verifier must be disabled to use VTune 2013 as Microsoft considers this bug as a fatal error that should be fixed so the driver verifier crashes the system. The following is a crash analysis

0: kd> !analyze -v
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INVALID_KERNEL_HANDLE (93)
This message occurs if kernel code (server, redirector, other driver, etc.)
attempts to close a handle that is not a valid handle.
Arguments:
Arg1: 0000000000000000, The handle that NtClose was called with.
Arg2: fffff8a0000018b0,
Arg3: 0000000000000000
Arg4: 0000000000000001

Debugging Details:
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DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: VISTA_DRIVER_FAULT

BUGCHECK_STR: 0x93

PROCESS_NAME: System

CURRENT_IRQL: 2

LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER: from fffff80003bbc3c2 to fffff80003abd620

STACK_TEXT:
fffff880`02fd2da8 fffff800`03bbc3c2 : 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`03d1e040 00000000`00000065 fffff800`03b03b10 : nt!RtlpBreakWithStatusInstruction
fffff880`02fd2db0 fffff800`03bbd1ae : 00000000`00000003 00000000`00000000 fffff800`03b006d0 00000000`00000093 : nt!KiBugCheckDebugBreak+0x12
fffff880`02fd2e10 fffff800`03ac56c4 : 00000000`0000001c fffff980`1288efe0 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : nt!KeBugCheck2+0x71e
fffff880`02fd34e0 fffff800`03d2261b : 00000000`00000093 00000000`00000000 fffff8a0`000018b0 00000000`00000000 : nt!KeBugCheckEx+0x104
fffff880`02fd3520 fffff800`03ac4813 : fffff880`02fd3600 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : nt! ?? ::NNGAKEGL::`string'+0x51ce4
fffff880`02fd3620 fffff800`03ac0db0 : fffff880`1fe0d3ff 00000000`00000000 fffff800`03c54880 00000000`00240024 : nt!KiSystemServiceCopyEnd+0x13
fffff880`02fd3828 fffff880`1fe0d3ff : 00000000`00000000 fffff800`03c54880 00000000`00240024 fffffa80`0509d4a0 : nt!KiServiceLinkage
fffff880`02fd3830 fffff880`1fe10502 : 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`05184db0 00000000`746c6600 fffff880`02fd3970 : vtss+0x73ff
fffff880`02fd38a0 fffff800`03eadeb7 : fffffa80`05184db0 ffffffff`80001bf0 fffff980`1288efe0 00000000`00000001 : vtss+0xa502
fffff880`02fd39a0 fffff800`03eae2b5 : 00000000`00000010 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000010 00000000`00010202 : nt!IopLoadDriver+0xa07
fffff880`02fd3c70 fffff800`03ad27e1 : fffff880`00000000 ffffffff`80001bf0 fffff800`03eae260 00000000`00000000 : nt!IopLoadUnloadDriver+0x55
fffff880`02fd3cb0 fffff800`03d656fa : ffffffff`ffffffff fffffa80`03d1e040 00000000`00000080 fffffa80`03d065a0 : nt!ExpWorkerThread+0x111
fffff880`02fd3d40 fffff800`03aa3b46 : fffff880`009e6180 fffffa80`03d1e040 fffff880`009f0f40 01e09a41`0c0a3590 : nt!PspSystemThreadStartup+0x5a
fffff880`02fd3d80 00000000`00000000 : fffff880`02fd4000 fffff880`02fce000 fffff880`02fd28b0 00000000`00000000 : nt!KiStartSystemThread+0x16

[Yinchao_Z_]

Hi,Peter,

    I met the same problem when i am installing the vtune 2016 update 2,  it turn blue screen with the error: SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED(vtss.sys).  My OS is windows 2012 R2 64bit, can you tell me how to fix this problem? 

[Ekaterina_L_Intel]

Hello,

The VTune Amplifier 2016 Update 3 with a fix was released and available for download at the Intel Registration Center.

Please upgrade and let know if it helps?

Regards, Katya