← Database

CVE-2022-0480

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2022-08-29 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

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 Platforms

Linux Linux KernelRedhat Enterprise Linux

Weakness Type

CWE-770, CWE-770

References