GHSA-GJF9-J6HW-Q3HJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-08-29 20:06 – Updated: 2022-09-02 00:01
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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 ?
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
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  "id": "GHSA-gjf9-j6hw-q3hj",
  "modified": "2022-09-02T00:01:03Z",
  "published": "2022-08-29T20:06:49Z",
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