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.

Related CVEs

CVE-2022-0480

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-gjf9-j6hw-q3hj

Published

August 29, 2022 8:06 PM

Last Modified

September 2, 2022 12:01 AM

CVSS Score

5.0 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: June 14, 2025 6:24 AM

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