Released Virtual Memory Containing An Active Lock
Application Verifier stop message
Locks violation detected. The region of virtual memory at <location> of size <size> contains an active lock.
Probable cause
This stop is generated if the current thread is calling VirtualFree on a memory block that contains an active critical section. The application should call DeleteCriticalSection on this critical section before if frees this memory.
Information displayed by Application Verifier in Tool Window
Lock – Critical section address
Owner – N/A
DebugInfo – N/A
Description - The region of virtual memory at <location> of size <size> contains an active lock
Trace Description – Critical Section Initialization
Additional information
The call stack in the tool window shows where the critical section was initialized.
Check the current call stack where the virtual memory is released using VirtualFree. The probable culprit is the module that calls VirtualFree.
This stop does not occur in Windows XP.
Frequency of this error is low.