CVE-2022-0480
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 29, 2022
- Updated
- Aug 2, 2024
- Reserved
- Feb 2, 2022
Description
A flaw was found in the filelock_init in fs/locks.c function in the Linux kernel. This issue can lead to host memory exhaustion due to memcg not limiting the number of Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) file locks.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
- CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
kerneln/a |
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References
- https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/issues/3373
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20210902215519.AWcuVc3li%25akpm%40linux-foundation.org/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2049700
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0f12156dff2862ac54235fc72703f18770769042
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0480
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-0480
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