CVE-2008-4307

CVE Details

Release Date:

2009-01-13

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.

See more information about CVE-2008-4307 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (kernel)	ELSA-2009-0459	2009-05-01
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (ocfs2-2.6.9-78.0.22.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2009-0459	2009-05-01
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (oracleasm-2.6.9-78.0.22.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2009-0459	2009-05-01
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2009-0473	2009-05-07
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-128.1.10.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2009-0473	2009-05-07
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-128.1.10.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2009-0473	2009-05-07

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