diff --git a/src/userprog/process.c b/src/userprog/process.c
index fb421c5..73d77af 100644
--- a/src/userprog/process.c
+++ b/src/userprog/process.c
@@ -338,6 +338,10 @@ process_exit (void)
 
   printf ("%s: exit(%d)\n", cur->name, cur->exit_status);
 
+  /* Clean up all open files */
+  hash_destroy (&cur->open_files, fd_cleanup);
+
+  /* Close the executable file. */
   if (cur->exec_file != NULL)
     {
       lock_acquire (&filesys_lock);
diff --git a/src/userprog/syscall.c b/src/userprog/syscall.c
index b1ce4cc..35bc3db 100644
--- a/src/userprog/syscall.c
+++ b/src/userprog/syscall.c
@@ -378,6 +378,20 @@ fd_less (const struct hash_elem *a_, const struct hash_elem *b_,
   return a->fd < b->fd;
 }
 
+/* Function to clean up an open file entry. Closes the file and frees the
+   associated memory. */
+void
+fd_cleanup (struct hash_elem *e, void *aux UNUSED)
+{
+  struct open_file *file_info = hash_entry (e, struct open_file, elem);
+
+  lock_acquire (&filesys_lock);
+  file_close (file_info->file);
+  lock_release (&filesys_lock);
+
+  free (file_info);
+}
+
 /* Gets a file from its descriptor (FD number). If there is no file with the fd
    FD it returns NULL. */
 static struct open_file *
diff --git a/src/userprog/syscall.h b/src/userprog/syscall.h
index 16af00c..681a8fb 100644
--- a/src/userprog/syscall.h
+++ b/src/userprog/syscall.h
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@ void syscall_init (void);
 
 unsigned fd_hash (const struct hash_elem *element, void *aux);
 bool fd_less (const struct hash_elem *a, const struct hash_elem *b, void *aux);
+void fd_cleanup (struct hash_elem *e, void *aux);
 
 #endif /* userprog/syscall.h */