PT-2021-7629

CVE-2022-0480

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Published

2021-09-03

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Updated

2026-10-13

Description by

CVSS 4.0
6.8
Medium
MetricsAV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description A flaw was found in the filelock init function in fs/locks.c of 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. The exploitation of this flaw can cause a denial of service.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploitability
Exploit
Impacts
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Related identifiers
CVE-2022-0480
BDU:2023-00362
ALSA-2024:2394
ALT-PU-2021-3330
ALT-PU-2021-3358
ALT-PU-2021-3563
ALT-PU-2021-3573
ALT-PU-2021-3660
ALT-PU-2022-1240
ALT-PU-2022-1419
ALT-PU-2022-1421
ALT-PU-2023-1814
ALT-PU-2023-4894
ALT-PU-2024-1536
INFSA-2024_2394
RHSA-2024:1250
RHSA-2024:1303
RHSA-2024:1304
RHSA-2024:1306
RHSA-2024:2394
RHSA-2024_2394
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