Bug#288046: kernel: NFS fh_verify causes lost output (2.4 kernel)

[Frans Pop <aragorn@tiscali.nl>]

Package: kernel-source-2.4.27
Severity: grave
Justification: can cause data loss

I am seeing the problem described in #255931 in the Sarges current 2.4 
kernel (2.4.27-6).
The problem is also described in [1].

I have experienced data loss in my mail files that I keep in a 
NFS-exported home directory because of this problem.

The Mail directory and its subdirs were set to drwx------
After changing this to drwxr-xr-x

According to #255931 this has been fixed in 2.6 kernels, but apparently it 
was not fixed in 2.4 kernels.

Note: my server is running Sarge with 2.4.27 kernel; the client is running 
Sarge with 2.6.8 kernel.

[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=110421

Cheers,
Frans Pop