Missing Lock Check

A product does not check to see if a lock is present before performing sensitive operations on a resource.


See Also

Comprehensive Categorization: Concurrency

Weaknesses in this category are related to concurrency.

SFP Secondary Cluster: Missing Lock

This category identifies Software Fault Patterns (SFPs) within the Missing Lock cluster (SFP19).

Resource Locking Problems

Weaknesses in this category are related to improper handling of locks that are used to control access to resources.

Comprehensive CWE Dictionary

This view (slice) covers all the elements in CWE.

Weaknesses Introduced During Implementation

This view (slice) lists weaknesses that can be introduced during implementation.

Weaknesses Introduced During Design

This view (slice) lists weaknesses that can be introduced during design.


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