Hello. kernel: [ 149.507103] ================================================ kernel: [ 149.507113] [ BUG: lock held when returning to user space! ] kernel: [ 149.507119] ------------------------------------------------ kernel: [ 149.507127] cat/3279 is leaving the kernel with locks still held! kernel: [ 149.507135] 1 lock held by cat/3279: kernel: [ 149.507141] #0: (scan_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [] kmemleak_open+0x4c/0x80 problem is here: static int kmemleak_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) { int ret = 0; if (!atomic_read(&kmemleak_enabled)) return -EBUSY; ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&scan_mutex); if (ret < 0) goto out; if (file->f_mode & FMODE_READ) { ret = seq_open(file, &kmemleak_seq_ops); if (ret < 0) goto scan_unlock; } >>- return ret; scan_unlock: mutex_unlock(&scan_mutex); out: return ret; } we should not return before mutex_unlock(&scan_mutex); Sergey