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CVE-2008-4307
Race condition in the do_setlk function in fs/nfs/file.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26 allows local users to cause a denial of service…
Medium4.0EPSS 0.28%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
Race condition in the do_setlk function in fs/nfs/file.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors resulting in an interrupted RPC call that leads to a stray FL_POSIX lock, related to improper handling of a race between fcntl and close in the EINTR case.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.0 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.28% · top 79% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (21)
- 34962 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20090113 CVE-2008-4307 kernel: local denial of service in locks_remove_flock (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 37471 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:0459 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7728 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-1794 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c4d7c402b788b73dc24f1e54a57f89d3dc5eb7bc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-751-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 35015 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 35011 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party components (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456282 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9233 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 34981 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 34917 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1787 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:0473 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:0451 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- ADV-2009-3316 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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