CVE-2008-4307 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2008-4307

Race condition in the do_setlk function in fs/nfs/file.c in the...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

linux kernel
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 2.2.27, 2.4.36, 2.4.36.1, 2.4.36.2, 2.4.36.3, 2.4.36.4, 2.4.36.5, 2.4.36.6, 2.6, 2.6.18, 2.6.19.4, 2.6.19.5, 2.6.19.6, 2.6.19.7, 2.6.20.16, 2.6.20.17, 2.6.20.18, 2.6.20.19, 2.6.20.20, 2.6.20.21, 2.6.21.5, 2.6.21.6, 2.6.21.7, 2.6.22, 2.6.22.1, 2.6.22.2, 2.6.22.8, 2.6.22.9, 2.6.22.10, 2.6.22.11, 2.6.22.12, 2.6.22.13, 2.6.22.14, 2.6.22.15, 2.6.22.17, 2.6.22.18, 2.6.22.19, 2.6.22.20, 2.6.22.21, 2.6.22.22, 2.6.22_rc1, 2.6.22_rc7, 2.6.23, 2.6.23.8, 2.6.23.9, 2.6.23.10, 2.6.23.11, 2.6.23.12, 2.6.23.13, 2.6.23.15, 2.6.23.16, 2.6.23.17, 2.6.23_rc1, 2.6.24, 2.6.24.1, 2.6.24.2, 2.6.24.3, 2.6.24.4, 2.6.24.5, 2.6.24.6, 2.6.24.7, 2.6.24_rc1, 2.6.24_rc4, 2.6.24_rc5, 2.6.25, 2.6.25.1, 2.6.25.2, 2.6.25.3, 2.6.25.4, 2.6.25.5, 2.6.25.6, 2.6.25.7, 2.6.25.8, 2.6.25.9, 2.6.25.10, 2.6.25.11, 2.6.25.12, 2.6.25.13, 2.6.25.14, 2.6.25.15, 2.6.25.16, 2.6.25.17

Timeline

Official Publish: January 13th, 2009
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.