Windows Blue Screen of Death Error 0x0000011B – DRIVER_RETURNED_HOLDING_CANCEL_LOCK

In this post, you’ll learn about the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) or Stop Error 0x0000011B-DRIVER_RETURNED_HOLDING_CANCEL_LOCK and the reason why you are receiving the error message in Windows 10 or Windows 11

How does this BSOD Error Message in Windows Looks like

0x0000011B – DRIVER_RETURNED_HOLDING_CANCEL_LOCK

Why do you receive the Error 0x0000011B DRIVER_RETURNED_HOLDING_CANCEL_LOCK in Windows?

This BSOD means that a driver has returned from a cancel routine that holds the global cancel lock. This causes all later cancellation calls to fail, and results in either a deadlock or another STOP code. BSOD error code 0x0000011B may also show “DRIVER_RETURNED_HOLDING_CANCEL_LOCK” on the same blue screen.