What does BSOD 0x16 (CID_HANDLE_CREATION) mean?

Status / error code:		Category:

Constant name:
Source:		Operating System:
Description: Client ID handle creation failed in kernel process or thread bookkeeping.

Could be also:
Constant	Type	OS
ERROR_BAD_COMMAND	Win32 error	Windows
KERN_INVALID_HOST	Kern return	Mac
ippStsNoIppFunctionFound	Intel Ipp Status	Any
EINVAL	errno	Any

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CID_HANDLE_CREATION

Process/thread client ID handle creation failure for CID_HANDLE_CREATION

CID_HANDLE_CREATION is bug check code 0x00000016.

Client IDs identify processes and threads. This bug check points at a failure or corruption path while the kernel creates the handle bookkeeping for a process or thread identity.

How to read it in a dump

The relevant objects are process and thread executive structures, handle tables, and security callbacks.
Do not diagnose it as a normal CreateProcess or CreateThread failure unless the dump shows that path.
Pool corruption or callback-driver interference can be more important than the numeric argument values.

What to check

Check process/thread notification callbacks and security products.
Inspect handle table and object manager state in the dump.
Enable verifier for drivers that monitor process creation or inject callbacks.

References

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