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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
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-770 - - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling.
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a kernel Affected: Not Known
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