Werk #8896: Fixed rare crash when a plugin should be terminated

Component

Checks & agents

Title

Fixed rare crash when a plugin should be terminated

Date

Sep 6, 2019

Level

Trivial Change

Class

Bug Fix

Compatibility

Compatible - no manual interaction needed

Checkmk versions & editions

2.0.0i1	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.6.0b9	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

Previously, in the process of terminating of the hanging plugins, the Windows Agent could accidentally destroy an important process, thus causing BSOD.

Since then, the Agent uses a safe algorithm to terminate plugins.

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