[console capture, kernel #0, unprivileged uid 1001, /tmp/typeconfuse /boot number (31337)] mode=number path=/boot pid=844 Fatal trap 9: general protection fault while in kernel mode cpuid = 0; lapic id = 0 instruction pointer = 0x8:0xffffffff80671014 current process = 844 current thread = pri 6 (CRIT) CPU0 stopping CPUs: 0x0000003e stopped Stopped at _mtx_lock_ex+0xc4: movq 0x8(%rax),%rcx db. => read side of the same exlink walk; for a prop_number the aliased mtx overlays the interned-number rb_node (pn_link), so the "mutex" fields are tree pointers.