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[email protected]CVE-2022-0480

HistoryAug 29, 2022 - 3:15 p.m.

CVE-2022-0480

2022-08-2915:15:09

CWE-770

[email protected]

web.nvd.nist.gov

160

cve-2022-0480

flaw

filelock_init

locks.c

function

linux kernel

memory exhaustion

memcg

posix

file locks

nvd

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

5.3 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

14.4%

JSON

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.

Affected configurations

NVD

Node

linuxlinux_kernelRange<5.15

Node

redhatenterprise_linuxMatch9.0

CPENameOperatorVersion
linux:linux_kernellinux linux kernellt5.15

CPE	Name	Operator	Version
linux:linux_kernel	linux linux kernel	lt	5.15

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "kernel",
    "vendor": "n/a",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "Not Known"
      }
    ]
  }
]