What does BSOD 23 (CID_HANDLE_DELETION) mean?

 
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CID_HANDLE_DELETION

Process/thread client ID handle deletion failure for CID_HANDLE_DELETION

CID_HANDLE_DELETION is bug check code 0x00000017. This is the teardown-side partner of CID handle creation. It points at inconsistent process or thread identity cleanup, stale references, or corruption around handle/object lifetime.

How to read it in a dump for CID_HANDLE_DELETION

  • Look at the terminating process or thread and the handle table involved.
  • A driver that retained references, altered callback state, or corrupted pool can be the real source.
  • The stack should decide whether the failure is process teardown, thread teardown, or global object cleanup.

What to check for CID_HANDLE_DELETION

  • Check kernel callbacks registered by security, monitoring, sandbox, and endpoint agents.
  • Look for pool corruption before the failing teardown path.
  • Compare creation and deletion dumps if both codes appear on the same machine.

References for CID_HANDLE_DELETION

Dump evidence for CID_HANDLE_DELETION

For CID_HANDLE_DELETION, preserve the complete dump, the four bug-check parameters, the exact Windows build, loaded-module list, and the event timeline immediately before the stop. AllStat summarizes the condition as “CID_HANDLE_DELETION”; that sentence identifies the failure class, while the parameters and stack determine which object, driver, processor, or subsystem instance was involved.

Analysis order for CID_HANDLE_DELETION

  • Run WinDbg !analyze -v, then inspect the documented meaning of each CID_HANDLE_DELETION parameter instead of relying only on the probably-caused-by line.
  • For CID_HANDLE_DELETION, find the earliest abnormal event: driver update, firmware change, device reset, storage error, verifier report, resource exhaustion, or application hang connected with cid / handle / deletion.
  • For CID_HANDLE_DELETION, keep third-party filter, security, storage, graphics, and virtualization drivers in the module inventory; removing evidence before dump analysis can obscure the responsible path.

Do not repeatedly reboot a machine affected by CID_HANDLE_DELETION before collecting the dump and event logs. For CID_HANDLE_DELETION, recovery actions should follow the component identified by the stack and parameters, not merely the symbolic stop-code name.

Dump evidence for CID_HANDLE_DELETION

For CID_HANDLE_DELETION, preserve the complete dump, the four bug-check parameters, the exact Windows build, loaded-module list, and the event timeline immediately before the stop. AllStat summarizes the condition as “CID_HANDLE_DELETION”; that sentence identifies the failure class, while the parameters and stack determine which object, driver, processor, or subsystem instance was involved.

Analysis order for CID_HANDLE_DELETION

  • Run WinDbg !analyze -v, then inspect the documented meaning of each CID_HANDLE_DELETION parameter instead of relying only on the probably-caused-by line.
  • For CID_HANDLE_DELETION, find the earliest abnormal event: driver update, firmware change, device reset, storage error, verifier report, resource exhaustion, or application hang connected with cid / handle / deletion.
  • For CID_HANDLE_DELETION, keep third-party filter, security, storage, graphics, and virtualization drivers in the module inventory; removing evidence before dump analysis can obscure the responsible path.

Do not repeatedly reboot a machine affected by CID_HANDLE_DELETION before collecting the dump and event logs. For CID_HANDLE_DELETION, recovery actions should follow the component identified by the stack and parameters, not merely the symbolic stop-code name.


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