Hi,
Microsoft Advertising for XAML - Native Ad is causing apps to crash after the recent Windows update '2018-03 Cumulative update for Windows 10 version 1709 for x64-based Systems (KB8088776) .
I have two apps published in Microsoft Store that uses Native Ads. Both apps are crashing after the Windows update mentioned above. App users and my Dev Center analytics confirm that there are huge spike in app crashes this week. I have released app updates
to remove Native Ad and there are no more crashes.
Below is the Stack trace from the Dev dashboard
Frame Image Function Offset
0 Microsoft.Advertising.dll Microsoft::Advertising::WinRT::UI::NativeAd::[Microsoft::Advertising::WinRT::UI::__INativeAdPublicNonVirtuals]::__abi_Microsoft_Advertising_WinRT_UI___INativeAdPublicNonVirtuals____abi_add_AdClicked 0x0000000000000056
1 DailyBingWallPaper.McgInterop.dll __Interop::ComCallHelpers.Call 0x0000000000000085
2 DailyBingWallPaper.McgInterop.dll __Interop::ForwardComStubs.Stub_2_System.__Canon, System.__Canon_ 0x0000000000000038
3 DailyBingWallPaper.McgInterop.dll Microsoft::Advertising::WinRT::UI::NativeAd.get_AdIcon 0x0000000000000019
4 DailyBingWallPaper.exe DailyBingWallPaper::MainPage.PopulateAdvertInChannelList 0x0000000000000074
5 DailyBingWallPaper.exe DailyBingWallPaper::MainPage.MyNativeAd_AdReady 0x00000000000000E4
6 SharedLibrary.dll System::EventHandler.Invoke 0x000000000000001C
7 System.Private.SharedLibrary.Interop.Generated.dll __Interop::Intrinsics.HasThisCall__52 0x000000000000001A
8 System.Private.SharedLibrary.Interop.Generated.dll __Interop::ReverseComStubs.Stub_42 0x0000000000000069
9 System.Private.SharedLibrary.Interop.Generated.dll System::EventHandler_A__o__V___Impl::Vtbl.Invoke__n 0x0000000000000036
10 Microsoft.Advertising.dll Platform::EventSource::DoInvokeVoid_Windows::Foundation::EventHandler_Platform::Object ^ __ptr64_,_lambda_1d0541fb8614b5b88a7662129a57302b_ _ 0x00000000000000D9
11 Microsoft.Advertising.dll Platform::EventSource::InvokeVoid_Windows::Foundation::EventHandler_Platform::Object ^ __ptr64_,Platform::Object ^ __ptr64,Platform::Object ^ __ptr64_ 0x0000000000000093
12 Microsoft.Advertising.dll Microsoft::Advertising::WinRT::UI::NativeAdsManager::AdRequestCompletedHandler 0x00000000000000E9
13 Microsoft.Advertising.dll Platform::Details::__abi_FunctorCapture_std::_Binder_std::_Unforced,void (__cdecl&) 0x0000000000000054
14 Microsoft.Advertising.dll _lambda_05a351577296f39c7de8affa3e3120a4_::operator 0x0000000000000067
15 MSVCP140_APP.dll Concurrency::details::_PPLTaskContextCallbackBridge 0x000000000000002B
16 combase.dll CRemoteUnknown::DoCallback 0x000000000000005C
17 rpcrt4.dll Invoke 0x0000000000000073
18 rpcrt4.dll Ndr64StubWorker 0x0000000000000BB0
19 rpcrt4.dll NdrStubCall3 0x00000000000000C9
20 combase.dll CStdStubBuffer_Invoke 0x0000000000000062
21 combase.dll ObjectMethodExceptionHandlingAction__lambda_76d9e92c799d246a4afbe64a2bf5673d_ _ 0x000000000000004B
22 combase.dll DefaultStubInvoke 0x00000000000002D2
23 combase.dll ServerCall::ContextInvoke 0x0000000000000492
24 combase.dll CServerChannel::ContextInvoke 0x0000000000000097
25 combase.dll ASTAInvokeInApartment 0x0000000000000089
26 combase.dll AppInvoke 0x00000000000009F7
27 combase.dll ComInvokeWithLockAndIPID 0x000000000000055B
28 combase.dll ComInvoke 0x0000000000000210
29 combase.dll ThreadDispatch 0x00000000000000D4
30 combase.dll CComApartment::ASTAHandleMessage 0x0000000000000039
31 combase.dll ASTAWaitContext::HandlePriorityEventsFromMessagePump 0x000000000000005E
32 Windows.UI.dll Windows::UI::Core::CDispatcher::ProcessInvokeItem 0x0000000000000385
33 Windows.UI.dll Windows::UI::Core::CDispatcher::ProcessMessage 0x00000000000001F6
34 Windows.UI.dll Windows::UI::Core::CDispatcher::WaitAndProcessMessagesInternal 0x00000000000000AE
35 Windows.UI.dll Windows::UI::Core::CDispatcher::ProcessEvents 0x000000000000007B
36 Windows.UI.Xaml.dll CJupiterWindow::RunCoreWindowMessageLoop 0x000000000000004C
37 Windows.UI.Xaml.dll DirectUI::DXamlCore::RunMessageLoop 0x000000000000004C
38 twinapi.appcore.dll Windows::ApplicationModel::Core::CoreApplicationView::Run 0x000000000000003A
39 twinapi.appcore.dll _lambda_3c558768873f4b5b0b4a338b4722411c_::operator 0x00000000000000C4
40 SHCore.dll _WrapperThreadProc 0x00000000000000F5
41 kernel32.dll BaseThreadInitThunk 0x0000000000000014
42 ntdll.dll RtlUserThreadStart 0x0000000000000021
Below is a partial stack trace from Visual Studio for another of my app where Native Ad in Microsoft advertising causing app crash. ( I have masked the app name with XXXXX)
This is the exception - "Exception thrown at 0x0F94DE0B (vccorlib140_app.dll) in XXXXX.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x00000004. occurred"
vccorlib140_app.dll!__abi_winrt_ptr_ctor(const volatile Platform::Object ^ const __objArg) Line 388 C++ Symbols loaded.
vccorlib140_app.dll!Platform::Details::EventSourceAdd(void * * targets, Platform::Details::EventLock * lock, Platform::Delegate ^ delegateInterface) Line 138 C++ Symbols loaded.
Microsoft.Advertising.dll!14f92d2d() Unknown No symbols loaded.
Microsoft.Advertising.dll!14f97383() Unknown No symbols loaded.
[Managed to Native Transition] Annotated Frame
> XXXXXX.McgInterop.dll!__Interop.ComCallHelpers.Call(System.__ComObject __this, System.RuntimeTypeHandle __typeHnd, int __targetIndex, void* arg0) Line 12773 C# Symbols loaded.
XXXXXX.McgInterop.dll!__Interop.ForwardComStubs.Stub_5<Microsoft.Advertising.WinRT.UI.__INativeAdPublicNonVirtuals, Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Image>(System.__ComObject __this, int __targetIndex) Line 247 C# Symbols loaded.
XXXXXX.exe!XXXXXX.MainPage.PopulateAdvertInChannelList() Line 5128 C# Symbols loaded.
XXXXXX.exe!XXXXXX.MainPage.MyNativeAd_AdReady(object sender, object e) Line 5102 C# Symbols loaded.
System.Private.CoreLib.dll!System.EventHandler<TEventArgs>.Invoke(object sender, TEventArgs e) C# Symbols loaded.
XXXXXX.McgInterop.dll!__Interop.Intrinsics.HasThisCall__2(object __this, System.IntPtr pfn, object arg0, object arg1) C# Symbols loaded.
XXXXXX.McgInterop.dll!__Interop.ReverseComStubs.Stub_1(object __this, void* unsafe_sender, void* unsafe_args, System.IntPtr __methodPtr) Line 28730 C# Symbols loaded.
XXXXXX.McgInterop.dll!System.EventHandler_A__o__V___Impl.Vtbl.Invoke__n(System.IntPtr pComThis, void* unsafe_sender, void* unsafe_args) Line 35849 C# Symbols loaded.
[Native to Managed Transition] Annotated Frame
Microsoft.Advertising.dll!14f55e84() Unknown No symbols loaded.
Microsoft.Advertising.dll!14f53339() Unknown No symbols loaded.
Microsoft.Advertising.dll!15101553() Unknown No symbols loaded.
Microsoft.Advertising.dll!14fab260() Unknown No symbols loaded.
rpcrt4.dll!_NdrOleAllocate@4 () Unknown Symbols loaded.
Microsoft.Advertising.dll!15110ec6() Unknown No symbols loaded.
Microsoft.Advertising.dll!150f904b() Unknown No symbols loaded.
Microsoft.Advertising.dll!1505a2df() Unknown No symbols loaded.
msvcp140_app.dll!std::_Func_class<void>::operator()() Line 350 C++ Symbols loaded.
msvcp140_app.dll!Concurrency::details::_PPLTaskContextCallbackBridge(tagComCallData * _PParam) Line 235 C++ Symbols loaded.
combase.dll!CRemoteUnknown::DoCallback(tagXAptCallback * pCallbackData) Line 1713 C++ Symbols loaded.
rpcrt4.dll!_Invoke@12 () Unknown Symbols loaded.
rpcrt4.dll!_NdrStubCall2@16 () Unknown Symbols loaded.
combase.dll!CStdStubBuffer_Invoke(IRpcStubBuffer * This, tagRPCOLEMESSAGE * prpcmsg, IRpcChannelBuffer * pRpcChannelBuffer) Line 1527 C++ Symbols loaded.
[Inline Frame] combase.dll!InvokeStubWithExceptionPolicyAndTracing::__l6::<lambda_1ba7c1521bf8e7d0ebd8f0b3c0295667>::operator()() Line 1825 C++ Symbols loaded.
combase.dll!ObjectMethodExceptionHandlingAction<<lambda_1ba7c1521bf8e7d0ebd8f0b3c0295667> >(InvokeStubWithExceptionPolicyAndTracing::__l6::<lambda_1ba7c1521bf8e7d0ebd8f0b3c0295667> action, ObjectMethodExceptionHandlingInfo * pExceptionHandlingInfo,
ExceptionHandlingResult * pExceptionHandlingResult, void *) Line 91 C++ Symbols loaded.
[Inline Frame] combase.dll!InvokeStubWithExceptionPolicyAndTracing(IRpcStubBuffer * pMsg, tagRPCOLEMESSAGE *) Line 1823 C++ Symbols loaded.
combase.dll!DefaultStubInvoke(bool bIsAsyncBeginMethod, IServerCall * pServerCall, IRpcChannelBuffer * pChannel, IRpcStubBuffer * pStub, unsigned long * pdwFault) Line 1892 C++ Symbols loaded.
[Inline Frame] combase.dll!SyncStubCall::Invoke(IServerCall *) Line 1949 C++ Symbols loaded.
[Inline Frame] combase.dll!SyncServerCall::StubInvoke(IRpcChannelBuffer *) Line 807 C++ Symbols loaded.
[Inline Frame] combase.dll!StubInvoke(tagRPCOLEMESSAGE * pMsg, CStdIdentity * pStdID, IRpcStubBuffer *) Line 2175 C++ Symbols loaded.
combase.dll!ServerCall::ContextInvoke(tagRPCOLEMESSAGE * pMessage, IRpcStubBuffer * pStub, CServerChannel * pChannel, tagIPIDEntry * pIPIDEntry, unsigned long * pdwFault) Line 1538 C++ Symbols loaded.
combase.dll!CServerChannel::ContextInvoke(tagRPCOLEMESSAGE * pMessage, IRpcStubBuffer * pStub, tagIPIDEntry * pIPIDEntry, unsigned long * pdwFault) Line 1435 C++ Symbols loaded.
combase.dll!DefaultInvokeInApartment(tagRPCOLEMESSAGE * pMsg, unsigned long bIsTouchedASTACall, bool pStub, IRpcStubBuffer * pChnl, CServerChannel * pIPIDEntry, tagIPIDEntry * pdwFault, unsigned long *) Line 3540 C++ Symbols loaded.
combase.dll!ASTAInvokeInApartment(tagRPCOLEMESSAGE * pMsg, unsigned long bIsTouchedASTACall, bool pStub, IRpcStubBuffer * pChnl, CServerChannel * pIPIDEntry, tagIPIDEntry * pdwFault, unsigned long *) Line 3045 C++ Symbols loaded.
combase.dll!AppInvoke(ServerCall * pServerCall, CServerChannel * pChannel, IRpcStubBuffer * pStub, void * pv, void * pStubBuffer, tagIPIDEntry * pIPIDEntry, WireLocalThis * pLocalb) Line 1612 C++ Symbols loaded.
combase.dll!ComInvokeWithLockAndIPID(ServerCall * pServerCall, tagIPIDEntry * pIPIDEntry, bool * pbCallerResponsibleForRequestMessageCleanup) Line 2723 C++ Symbols loaded.
combase.dll!ComInvoke(ServerCall * pServerCall, bool * pbCallerResponsibleForRequestMessageCleanup) Line 2247 C++ Symbols loaded.
combase.dll!ThreadDispatch(ServerCall * pServerCall) Line 421 C++ Symbols loaded.
combase.dll!CComApartment::ASTAHandleMessage(IMessageParam * pParam) Line 2786 C++ Symbols loaded.
combase.dll!ASTAWaitContext::HandlePriorityEventsFromMessagePump() Line 1261 C++ Symbols loaded.
Windows.UI.dll!Windows::UI::Core::CDispatcher::ProcessInvokeItem(bool * pbInvokeItemProcessed) Line 1219 C++ Symbols loaded.
Windows.UI.dll!Windows::UI::Core::CDispatcher::ProcessMessage(bool bDrainQueue, bool * pbWindowMessagesProcessed, bool * pbInvokeItemProcessed) Line 268 C++ Symbols loaded.
Windows.UI.dll!Windows::UI::Core::CDispatcher::WaitAndProcessMessagesInternal(bool bRunAlwaysOnce, void * hEventWait) Line 1860 C++ Symbols loaded.
Windows.UI.dll!Windows::UI::Core::CDispatcher::ProcessEvents(Windows::UI::Core::CoreProcessEventsOption options) Line 597 C++ Symbols loaded.
[Inline Frame] Windows.UI.Xaml.dll!CJupiterWindow::RunCoreWindowMessageLoop() Line 1260 C++ Symbols loaded.
[Inline Frame] Windows.UI.Xaml.dll!CJupiterControl::RunMessageLoop() Line 966 C++ Symbols loaded.
[Inline Frame] Windows.UI.Xaml.dll!DirectUI::DXamlCore::RunMessageLoop() Line 2132 C++ Symbols loaded.
Windows.UI.Xaml.dll!DirectUI::FrameworkView::Run() Line 102 C++ Symbols loaded.
twinapi.appcore.dll!Windows::ApplicationModel::Core::CoreApplicationView::Run() Unknown Symbols loaded.
twinapi.appcore.dll!<lambda>(void)() Unknown Symbols loaded.
SHCore.dll!_WrapperThreadProc() Unknown Symbols loaded.
kernel32.dll!@BaseThreadInitThunk@12 () Unknown Symbols loaded.
ntdll.dll!__RtlUserThreadStart() Unknown Symbols loaded.
ntdll.dll!__RtlUserThreadStart@8 () Unknown Symbols loaded.
