CVE-2022-0480 (GCVE-0-2022-0480)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-29 14:03 – Updated: 2024-08-02 23:32
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CWE-770 - - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling.
Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a kernel Affected: Not Known
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