CWE-414Missing Lock Check

Description

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

Common consequences

• Integrity,Availability→Modify Application Data,DoS: Instability,DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart

Potential mitigations

• Architecture and Design,Implementation
  Implement a reliable lock mechanism.

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