CWE-609: Double-Checked Locking

ID CWE-609
Abstraction Base
Structure Simple
Status Draft
The product uses double-checked locking to access a resource without the overhead of explicit synchronization, but the locking is insufficient.

Double-checked locking refers to the situation where a programmer checks to see if a resource has been initialized, grabs a lock, checks again to see if the resource has been initialized, and then performs the initialization if it has not occurred yet. This should not be done, as it is not guaranteed to work in all languages and on all architectures. In summary, other threads may not be operating inside the synchronous block and are not guaranteed to see the operations execute in the same order as they would appear inside the synchronous block.

Modes of Introduction

Phase Note
Implementation

Applicable Platforms

Type Class Name Prevalence
Language Java

Relationships

View Weakness
# ID View Status # ID Name Abstraction Structure Status
CWE-1000 Research Concepts Draft CWE-667 Improper Locking Class Simple Draft
CWE-1000 Research Concepts Draft CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition Base Simple Incomplete
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