SEI CERT Oracle Coding Standard for Java

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An exceptional condition can circumvent the release of a lock, leading to deadlock. According to the Java API [API 2006]

A ReentrantLock is owned by the thread last successfully locking, but not yet unlocking it. A thread invoking lock will return, successfully acquiring the lock, when the lock is not owned by another thread.

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MITRE CWE

CWE-883. Deadlock

Bibliography

[API 2006]

Class ReentrantLock

 

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