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-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2022-08-29T14:03:04

Updated: 2024-08-02T23:32:46.033Z

Reserved: 2022-02-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2022-0480

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2022-08-29T15:15:09.477

Modified: 2023-03-03T18:49:53.213

Link: CVE-2022-0480

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2022-01-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-0480 - Bugzilla