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Red Hat: CVE-2022-0480: kernel: memcg does not limit the number of POSIX file locks allowing memory exhaustion (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2022-0480: kernel: memcg does not limit the number of POSIX file locks allowing memory exhaustion (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
08/29/2022
Created
03/14/2024
Added
03/13/2024
Modified
03/14/2024

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.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-kernel
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

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