Assume that a Windows-based computer is configured by using a specific IP Security (IPsec) rule (AuthNoEncap - AuthIP with NULL Encryption). When the computer receives User Datagram Protocol (UDP) traffic, a nonpaged pool leak occurs. If there is a large volume of traffic, the computer may become unresponsive.
For example, you may encounter this issue in the following scenario:
Note Windows-based computers that host the DNS Server role are an example of a workload susceptible to this memory leak, because they service UDP-formatted DNS queries from a large collection of unique clients. However, the issue can apply to any remote computer that receives sufficient UDP traffic.
For example, you may encounter this issue in the following scenario:
- You configure the computers in a domain to use Authenticated IP (AuthIP) only for IPsec and without encryption.
- In the domain, a computer sends a large volume of UDP traffic to a remote computer.
Note Windows-based computers that host the DNS Server role are an example of a workload susceptible to this memory leak, because they service UDP-formatted DNS queries from a large collection of unique clients. However, the issue can apply to any remote computer that receives sufficient UDP traffic.