Problem Note 47831: The SEVERITY procedure might return a write access violation error when closing
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The SEVERITY procedure might abend with a Write access violation error if the procedure tries to access a freed memory location when exiting. In this case, PROC SEVERITY correctly produces all expected results, but simply abends upon termination. Although this problem was first observed when using PROC SEVERITY to analyze a data set with a formatted BY variable, the problem can occur in other cases as well when the procedure closes.
There is no circumvention for this problem.
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS/ETS | z/OS | 12.1 | 12.3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 12.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 12.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 12.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 12.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 12.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 12.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 12.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 12.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 12.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 12.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 12.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 12.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Windows Vista | 12.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Windows Vista for x64 | 12.1 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 12.1 | 12.3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 12.1 | 12.3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 12.1 | 12.3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 12.1 | 12.3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| Linux | 12.1 | 12.3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 9.3 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
A fix for this issue for SAS Threaded Kernel Extensions for Econometric Time Series 12.1 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/H87.html#47831| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Topic: | Analytics ==> Distribution Analysis Analytics ==> Econometrics Analytics ==> Exploratory Data Analysis Analytics ==> Financial Analysis Analytics ==> Forecasting Analytics ==> Time Series Analysis SAS Reference ==> Procedures ==> SEVERITY |
| Date Modified: | 2012-09-10 11:47:30 |
| Date Created: | 2012-09-06 16:54:35 |