CVE-2010-0727

[CVE catalog]

Severity

Unknown

Published

Mar 11, 2010, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Updated

Mar 9, 2026, 1:20:56 AM UTC

Source

[NVD] · [CVE record]

EPSS

0.56% · Oct 25, 2026

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. kernel: bug in GFS/GFS2 locking code leads to dos This issue did not affect the version of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise MRG, as it did not include support for the GFS and GFS2 file systems. For the GFS issue, it was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 in the gfs package, 4 in the GFS-kernel package, and 5 in the gfs-kmod package, via RHSA-2010:9493, RHSA-2010:9494, RHSA-2010:0291 respectively. For the GFS2 issue, it was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 in the kernel package via RHSA-2010:0178. The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.