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Visual Studio 2015 crashes when you debug native code of a process running on a system that supports Intel MPX


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Symptoms

When you debug native code of a process that's running on a system that supports the Intel Memory Protection Extensions (MPX), but not the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) technology in Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 on a local computer, Visual Studio 2015 crashes. If you perform the debugging remotely, the debug session ends, and you may receive the following error message:

The remote debugger has encountered a serious internal error, and must abort the remote debugging session. Please restart debugging

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Resolution

How to obtain this hotfix

For local scenarios, install KB 4025751 to fix the crash. This hotfix also requires Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 to be installed.

For remote scenarios, install the Remote Tools for Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 (8/4/2017 release date or later versions) to fix the termination of the debug session.

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Prerequisites

To apply this hotfix, you must have Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 installed. 

Restart requirement

You may have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix if no instance of Visual Studio is being used.

Hotfix replacement information

 This hotfix doesn't replace other hotfixes. 

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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Article Info
Article ID : 4025751
Revision : 10
Created on : 8/9/2017
Published on : 8/9/2017
Exists online : False
Views : 252