VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-0480
A flaw was found in the filelock_init in fs/locks.c function in the Linux kernel.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.29%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.29%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.29% probability · 21th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-770
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · redhat/enterprise linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0480Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2049700Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0f12156dff2862ac54235fc72703f18770769042Patch
- https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/issues/3373Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20210902215519.AWcuVc3li%25akpm%40linux-foundation.org/Vendor Advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-0480Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0480Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2049700Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0f12156dff2862ac54235fc72703f18770769042Patch
- https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/issues/3373Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20210902215519.AWcuVc3li%25akpm%40linux-foundation.org/Vendor Advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-0480Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.