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CVE-2008-4307

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.0 Published: 2009-01-13 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-362

References