What does NTSTATUS 0xC0140016 (STATUS_ACPI_MUTEX_NOT_OWNED) mean?

 
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STATUS_ACPI_MUTEX_NOT_OWNED

STATUS_ACPI_MUTEX_NOT_OWNED describes a release-side state error: the mutex being released is not currently acquired. This is not a contention result and it is not necessarily a cross-thread ownership mismatch. The interpreter sees no active ownership state for the release to undo.

Typical analysis focuses on unbalanced control flow: an error path, conditional branch or earlier release can make a later release execute without the matching acquire. The relevant trace is the acquire/release history for that exact mutex within the same AML evaluation path.

AML attempted to release a mutex with no current owner

  • Record the mutex name, method path and every preceding acquire or release operation for that invocation.
  • Inspect conditional exits and exception-like branches that can bypass an acquire but still reach a release.
  • Differentiate from STATUS_ACPI_MUTEX_NOT_OWNER: no current ownership and ownership by someone else are distinct states.

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