CWE-765: Multiple Unlocks of a Critical Resource

ID CWE-765
Abstraction Base
Structure Simple
Status Incomplete
The product unlocks a critical resource more times than intended, leading to an unexpected state in the system.

When the product is operating in a concurrent environment and repeatedly unlocks a critical resource, the consequences will vary based on the type of lock, the lock's implementation, and the resource being protected. In some situations such as with semaphores, the resources are pooled and extra calls to unlock will increase the count for the number of available resources, likely resulting in a crash or unpredictable behavior when the system nears capacity.

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Relationships

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# 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-675 Multiple Operations on Resource in Single-Operation Context Class Simple Draft
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