KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE crashes, no idea what to do

shizubanashi 20 Reputation points
2025-11-10T15:37:00.61+00:00
Been getting crashes at random for a few days now, after some alleged RAM issues, crash log below, would appreciate any help and advice



KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE (139)
A kernel component has corrupted a critical data structure.  The corruption
could potentially allow a malicious user to gain control of this machine.
Arguments:
Arg1: 000000000000000e, The reference count for an object is invalid.
	0X12 : An attempt was made to switch to an invalid jmp_buf context.
	0X13 : An unsafe modification was made to read-only data.
Arg2: ffff9903fa68f3c0, Address of the trap frame for the exception that caused the BugCheck
Arg3: ffff9903fa68f318, Address of the exception record for the exception that caused the BugCheck
Arg4: 0000000000000000, Reserved

Debugging Details:
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KEY_VALUES_STRING: 1

    Key  : Analysis.CPU.mSec
    Value: 1640

    Key  : Analysis.Elapsed.mSec
    Value: 1678

    Key  : Analysis.IO.Other.Mb
    Value: 0

    Key  : Analysis.IO.Read.Mb
    Value: 1

    Key  : Analysis.IO.Write.Mb
    Value: 6

    Key  : Analysis.Init.CPU.mSec
    Value: 703

    Key  : Analysis.Init.Elapsed.mSec
    Value: 94209

    Key  : Analysis.Memory.CommitPeak.Mb
    Value: 108

    Key  : Analysis.Version.DbgEng
    Value: 10.0.29457.1000

    Key  : Analysis.Version.Description
    Value: 10.2506.23.01 amd64fre

    Key  : Analysis.Version.Ext
    Value: 1.2506.23.1

    Key  : Bugcheck.Code.LegacyAPI
    Value: 0x139

    Key  : Bugcheck.Code.TargetModel
    Value: 0x139

    Key  : Dump.Attributes.AsUlong
    Value: 0x21808

    Key  : Dump.Attributes.DiagDataWrittenToHeader
    Value: 1

    Key  : Dump.Attributes.ErrorCode
    Value: 0x0

    Key  : Dump.Attributes.KernelGeneratedTriageDump
    Value: 1

    Key  : Dump.Attributes.LastLine
    Value: Dump completed successfully.

    Key  : Dump.Attributes.ProgressPercentage
    Value: 0

    Key  : FailFast.Name
    Value: INVALID_REFERENCE_COUNT

    Key  : FailFast.Type
    Value: 14

    Key  : Failure.Bucket
    Value: 0x139_e_INVALID_REFERENCE_COUNT_tcpip!TcpProcessExpiredTcbTimers

    Key  : Failure.Exception.Code
    Value: 0xc0000409

    Key  : Failure.Exception.Record
    Value: 0xffff9903fa68f318

    Key  : Failure.Hash
    Value: {f899362e-37b6-57f9-5f60-949ea29e2443}

    Key  : Hypervisor.Enlightenments.ValueHex
    Value: 0x7417df84

    Key  : Hypervisor.Flags.AnyHypervisorPresent
    Value: 1

    Key  : Hypervisor.Flags.ApicEnlightened
    Value: 0

    Key  : Hypervisor.Flags.ApicVirtualizationAvailable
    Value: 1

    Key  : Hypervisor.Flags.AsyncMemoryHint
    Value: 0

    Key  : Hypervisor.Flags.CoreSchedulerRequested
    Value: 0

    Key  : Hypervisor.Flags.CpuManager
    Value: 1

    Key  : Hypervisor.Flags.DeprecateAutoEoi
    Value: 1

    Key  : Hypervisor.Flags.DynamicCpuDisabled
    Value: 1

    Key  : Hypervisor.Flags.Epf
    Value: 0

    Key  : Hypervisor.Flags.ExtendedProcessorMasks
    Value: 1

    Key  : Hypervisor.Flags.HardwareMbecAvailable
    Value: 1

    Key  : Hypervisor.Flags.MaxBankNumber
    Value: 0

    Key  : Hypervisor.Flags.MemoryZeroingControl
    Value: 0

    Key  : Hypervisor.Flags.NoExtendedRangeFlush
    Value: 0

    Key  : Hypervisor.Flags.NoNonArchCoreSharing
    Value: 1

    Key  : Hypervisor.Flags.Phase0InitDone
    Value: 1

    Key  : Hypervisor.Flags.PowerSchedulerQos
    Value: 0

    Key  : Hypervisor.Flags.RootScheduler
    Value: 0

    Key  : Hypervisor.Flags.SynicAvailable
    Value: 1

    Key  : Hypervisor.Flags.UseQpcBias
    Value: 0

    Key  : Hypervisor.Flags.Value
    Value: 55185662

    Key  : Hypervisor.Flags.ValueHex
    Value: 0x34a10fe

    Key  : Hypervisor.Flags.VpAssistPage
    Value: 1

    Key  : Hypervisor.Flags.VsmAvailable
    Value: 1

    Key  : Hypervisor.RootFlags.AccessStats
    Value: 1

    Key  : Hypervisor.RootFlags.CrashdumpEnlightened
    Value: 1

    Key  : Hypervisor.RootFlags.CreateVirtualProcessor
    Value: 1

    Key  : Hypervisor.RootFlags.DisableHyperthreading
    Value: 0

    Key  : Hypervisor.RootFlags.HostTimelineSync
    Value: 1

    Key  : Hypervisor.RootFlags.HypervisorDebuggingEnabled
    Value: 0

    Key  : Hypervisor.RootFlags.IsHyperV
    Value: 1

    Key  : Hypervisor.RootFlags.LivedumpEnlightened
    Value: 1

    Key  : Hypervisor.RootFlags.MapDeviceInterrupt
    Value: 1

    Key  : Hypervisor.RootFlags.MceEnlightened
    Value: 1

    Key  : Hypervisor.RootFlags.Nested
    Value: 0

    Key  : Hypervisor.RootFlags.StartLogicalProcessor
    Value: 1

    Key  : Hypervisor.RootFlags.Value
    Value: 1015

    Key  : Hypervisor.RootFlags.ValueHex
    Value: 0x3f7

    Key  : WER.System.BIOSRevision
    Value: 18.20.0.0


BUGCHECK_CODE:  139

BUGCHECK_P1: e

BUGCHECK_P2: ffff9903fa68f3c0

BUGCHECK_P3: ffff9903fa68f318

BUGCHECK_P4: 0

FILE_IN_CAB:  102425-12062-01.dmp

TAG_NOT_DEFINED_202b:  *** Unknown TAG in analysis list 202b


DUMP_FILE_ATTRIBUTES: 0x21808
  Kernel Generated Triage Dump

FAULTING_THREAD:  ffffe782ea6bf280

TRAP_FRAME:  ffff9903fa68f3c0 -- (.trap 0xffff9903fa68f3c0)
NOTE: The trap frame does not contain all registers.
Some register values may be zeroed or incorrect.
rax=0000000000000001 rbx=0000000000000000 rcx=000000000000000e
rdx=00000000ffffff7e rsi=0000000000000000 rdi=0000000000000000
rip=fffff8072ce3c953 rsp=ffff9903fa68f550 rbp=ffff9903fa68f5c9
 r8=ffffe782f8eb6000  r9=000000000000003f r10=ffffe782f8eb61e8
r11=ffffe782f9eb61e8 r12=0000000000000000 r13=0000000000000000
r14=0000000000000000 r15=0000000000000000
iopl=0         nv up ei pl zr na po nc
tcpip!TcpProcessExpiredTcbTimers+0x483:
fffff807`2ce3c953 cd29            int     29h
Resetting default scope

EXCEPTION_RECORD:  ffff9903fa68f318 -- (.exr 0xffff9903fa68f318)
ExceptionAddress: fffff8072ce3c953 (tcpip!TcpProcessExpiredTcbTimers+0x0000000000000483)
   ExceptionCode: c0000409 (Security check failure or stack buffer overrun)
  ExceptionFlags: 00000001
NumberParameters: 1
   Parameter[0]: 000000000000000e
Subcode: 0xe FAST_FAIL_INVALID_REFERENCE_COUNT 

BLACKBOXBSD: 1 (!blackboxbsd)


BLACKBOXNTFS: 1 (!blackboxntfs)


BLACKBOXWINLOGON: 1 (!blackboxwinlogon)


CUSTOMER_CRASH_COUNT:  1

PROCESS_NAME:  System

ERROR_CODE: (NTSTATUS) 0xc0000409 - The system detected an overrun of a stack-based buffer in this application. This overrun could potentially allow a malicious user to gain control of this application.

EXCEPTION_CODE_STR:  c0000409

EXCEPTION_PARAMETER1:  000000000000000e

EXCEPTION_STR:  0xc0000409

STACK_TEXT:  
ffff9903`fa68f098 fffff807`996b1de9     : 00000000`00000139 00000000`0000000e ffff9903`fa68f3c0 ffff9903`fa68f318 : nt!KeBugCheckEx
ffff9903`fa68f0a0 fffff807`996b23f2     : 00000000`00000048 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000001 ffff9903`fa68f370 : nt!KiBugCheckDispatch+0x69
ffff9903`fa68f1e0 fffff807`996b0028     : 00000000`00000000 00000050`1d602a45 ffffffff`ffffff00 ffffb500`9cad1180 : nt!KiFastFailDispatch+0xb2
ffff9903`fa68f3c0 fffff807`2ce3c953     : ffffe782`f89ff0b0 00000000`020d0a54 ffff9903`fa68f5d0 fffff807`993f66ea : nt!KiRaiseSecurityCheckFailure+0x368
ffff9903`fa68f550 fffff807`2ce3b0ac     : 00000000`00000008 ffffe782`f8f101d0 00000000`00989680 ffffb500`00000000 : tcpip!TcpProcessExpiredTcbTimers+0x483
ffff9903`fa68f630 fffff807`99272a67     : 00000000`00000008 00000000`00000000 ffffe782`f8f10208 00000000`323a2d88 : tcpip!TcpPeriodicTimeoutHandler+0xfc
ffff9903`fa68f6a0 fffff807`9926f323     : ffff9903`fa68f9f0 00000000`00000000 00000050`23b7bffd ffffe782`ea6bf280 : nt!KiExecuteAllDpcs+0x687
ffff9903`fa68f8f0 fffff807`9969ee5e     : ffffb500`9cad1180 ffffb500`9cad1180 ffffe782`ea6bf280 ffffe783`11b950c0 : nt!KiRetireDpcList+0x333
ffff9903`fa68fb80 00000000`00000000     : ffff9903`fa690000 ffff9903`fa689000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : nt!KiIdleLoop+0x9e


SYMBOL_NAME:  tcpip!TcpProcessExpiredTcbTimers+483

MODULE_NAME: tcpip

IMAGE_NAME:  tcpip.sys

IMAGE_VERSION:  10.0.26100.6899

STACK_COMMAND: .process /r /p 0xfffff80799fcef00; .thread 0xffffe782ea6bf280 ; kb

BUCKET_ID_FUNC_OFFSET:  483

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID:  0x139_e_INVALID_REFERENCE_COUNT_tcpip!TcpProcessExpiredTcbTimers

OSPLATFORM_TYPE:  x64

OSNAME:  Windows 10

FAILURE_ID_HASH:  {f899362e-37b6-57f9-5f60-949ea29e2443}

Followup:     MachineOwner
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  1. David-M 98,655 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-11-10T16:08:08.12+00:00

    Hi. I'm David, and I'm happy to help you.


    Please share the minidump files.

    These files are in C:\Windows\Minidump.

    Copy any files you have to your desktop and store them in a ZIP file. Then, upload the ZIP file to the cloud (OneDrive), choose to share it, and get the link.

    Then, post the link to the ZIP file here so I can have a look.


    I await your reply.


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