Missing release of resource after effective lifetime (CWE-772) in the Controller 7000 resulted in HBUS connected T-Series readers to not automatically recover after coming under attack over the RS-485 interface, resulting in a persistent denial of service. This issue affects: All variants of the Gallagher Controller 7000 9.00 prior to vCR9.00.231204b (distributed in 9.00.1507(MR1)), 8.90 prior to vCR8.90.240209b (distributed in 8.90.1751 (MR3)), 8.80 prior to vCR8.80.240209a (distributed in 8.80.1526 (MR4)), 8.70 prior to vCR8.70.240209a (distributed in 8.70.2526 (MR6)).