CWE-414

Missing Lock Check

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

CVE-2023-5447 (GCVE-0-2023-5447)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-11 02:41 – Updated: 2024-08-02 07:59
VLAI?
Summary
Missing lock check in SynHsaService may create a use-after-free condition which causes abnormal termination of the service, resulting in denial of service for the Synaptics Hardware Support App.
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Synaptics Synaptics Fingerprint Driver Affected: 6.0.0.1105 , < 6.0.64.1105 (custom)
Affected: 6.0.0.1136 , < 6.0.39.1136 (custom)
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CVE-2025-54625 (GCVE-0-2025-54625)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-06 02:07 – Updated: 2025-08-06 14:51
VLAI?
Summary
Race condition vulnerability in the kernel file system module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect availability.
Severity ?
6.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Huawei HarmonyOS Affected: 5.1.0
Affected: 5.0.1
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Mitigation

Phases: Architecture and Design, Implementation

Description:

  • Implement a reliable lock mechanism.

No CAPEC attack patterns related to this CWE.

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