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software composition analysis

C or C++ : Block critical section

Classification

CWE CWE-667

Overview

Calls to blocking functions (for example: sleep, getc, fgets, read, recv etc.) inside a critical section can lead to bad perfomance or even deadlock.

References

  1. CWE-667: Improper Locking

See also

C or C++ : SQL injection
C or C++ : Unsafe function: gets
C or C++ : Obsolete construct