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CVE-2008-4307 Detail

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.


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Hyperlink Resource
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://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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-4307
NVD Published Date:
01/13/2009
NVD Last Modified:
02/12/2023
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.