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The risks of ignoring mutex ownership are similar to the risk of not using mutexes at all, which can result in a violation of data integrity.
Rule | Severity | Likelihood | Remediation Cost | Priority | Level |
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POS48-C | Medium | Probable | High | P4 | L3 |
Automated Detection
Tool | Version | Checker | Description | ||||||
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| Parasoft C/C++test |
| BD-TRS-DSTRLOCK, BD-TRS-REVLOCK | Implemented |
Related Vulnerabilities
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Taxonomy | Taxonomy item | Relationship |
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| CWE 2.11 | CWE-667, Insufficient locking | 2017-07-10: CERT: Rule subset of CWE |
CERT-CWE Mapping Notes
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- Locking & Unlocking issues besides unlocking another thread’s C mutex or pthread mutex.
Bibliography
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