gsd-2022-0480
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:19
Details
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.
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CVE-2022-0480


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      "lastModifiedDate": "2023-03-03T18:49Z",
      "publishedDate": "2022-08-29T15:15Z"
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