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CVE-2022-0480

CVSS v3.1 5.5 (Medium)
55% Progress
EPSS 0.04 % (15th)
0.04% Progress
Affected Products 2
Advisories 1
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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.

Weaknesses
CWE-770
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Published Date
2022-08-29 15:15:09
(2 years ago)
Updated Date
2023-03-03 18:49:53
(18 months ago)

Affected Products

Linux

Redhat

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel prior 5.15 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel < 5.15

Configuration #2

    CPE23 From Up To
  Redhat Enterprise Linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0