[BUG REPORT] Battlefield 6 - EA Anti-Cheat Kernel Crash

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[BUG REPORT] Battlefield 6 - EA Anti-Cheat Kernel Crash Causing Immediate System Reboot

System Specs

• CPU: Intel Core i7-14700F
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
• RAM: 32 GB
• Motherboard: MSI PRO B760-VC WIFI
• OS: Windows 11 Home (Build 26200)
• NVIDIA Driver: [insert your driver version]

Issue Description

Battlefield 6 is causing a full kernel crash and immediate system reboot during gameplay. There is no crash-to-desktop, no visible BSOD, and no warning - the screen goes black and the system reboots instantly.

This has been confirmed via minidump analysis to be caused by eaanticheat.sys, not a hardware or driver issue.

Crash Analysis

Minidump file analyzed using WinDbg Preview with Microsoft symbol server. Output:

MODULE_NAME: eaanticheat

IMAGE_NAME: eaanticheat.sys

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: AV_eaanticheat!unknown_function

FAILURE_ID_HASH: {d544cf09-4735-e698-77c3-5df5924e5448}

Bugcheck Code: 0x0000000A (IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL)

The access violation originates inside EA Anti-Cheat's own kernel driver. The driver is triggering an IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL bugcheck by accessing invalid memory within its own code, forcing a full system reboot.

Event Viewer Findings at Crash Time

BugCheck Event ID 1001

Kernel-EventTracing Event IDs 2 and 28

volmgr Event ID 162

EventLog Event ID 6008 (unexpected shutdown)

Service Control Manager Event ID 7009

Steps Already Taken

• Repaired Battlefield 6 installation via EA App
• Reinstalled EA Anti-Cheat via EAAntiCheat.GameService.exe
• Confirmed all other hardware drivers are current
• Confirmed issue is not related to XMP, GPU drivers, or overlays - minidump conclusively points to eaanticheat.sys

Minidump

Available to share with EA engineers upon request. File: 060826-7703-01.dmp

Please escalate - this is a kernel-level crash caused by the anti-cheat driver itself, not user hardware. Happy to provide any additional diagnostic output.