CVE-2022-0480
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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.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | kernel | Not Known | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-770: CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling.
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional 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
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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