Is CVE-2010-0727 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-0727 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-0727?

CVE-2010-0727 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.9 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2010-0727

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.6%EU EUVD

The gfs2_lock function in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34-rc1-next-20100312, and the gfs_lock function in the Linux kernel on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and 6, does not properly remove POSIX locks on files that are setgid without group-execute permission, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG and system crash) by locking a file on a (1) GFS or (2) GFS2 filesystem, and then changing this file's permissions.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.9 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-399
EPSS score: 0.6% (47th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-0753)
Published: March 16, 2010
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-0753 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

debian / debian linux
linux / linux kernel
redhat / enterprise linux
redhat / enterprise linux

Certified products that may be affected

7 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux libgcrypt Cryptographic Module v4.0 [1] and Red Hat Enterprise Linux libgcrypt Cryptographic Module v5.0 [2] - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 2657 - historical
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSSH-Server Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1384 - historical
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSSH Client Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1385 - historical
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSwan Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1386 - historical
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1387 - historical

See all 7 in the Security Certifications Explorer.

References

http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/3/11/269(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/39830(Third Party Advisory)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023809(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2053(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.34-rc1-next-20100312.bz2(Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:066(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/12/1(Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0330.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0380.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0521.html(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570863(Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11392(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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