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…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.29% · top 78% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.

Weakness

• CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-770 and its CVEs

Affected products

• kernel

  • affected Not Known

References (6)

• https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/issues/3373 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20210902215519.AWcuVc3li%25akpm%40linux-foundation.org/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2049700 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0f12156dff2862ac54235fc72703f18770769042 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0480 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-0480 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 2 Aug 2024, 23:32 UTC.