BSOD in VLS.SYS

  • 7015329
  • 03-Jul-2014
  • 03-Jul-2014

Environment

Novell Client 2 SP3 for Windows (IR6)

Situation

Workstation crashes (blue screen) citing a 0x3B in VLS.SYS.
SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION (0x3B) bugcheck.

Resolution

Fixed in Novell Client 2 SP3 for Windows (IR8).

Cause

The Client was not correctly handling a case where a previously working VLDB service later fails to respond.