CVE-2008-4307
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.0EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-362
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (21th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4290)
- Published
- January 13, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4290 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
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References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c4d7c402b788b73dc24f1e54a57f89d3dc5eb7bc
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/13/1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0459.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0473.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34917(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34962(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34981(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35011(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35015(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37471
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0451.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-751-1
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456282
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7728
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9233
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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