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.

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Linux filelock_init Heap Buffer Overflow DoS

The vulnerability of the filelockinit function in the locking mechanism fs/locks.c of the Linux kernel is related to the unlimited distribution of resources. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a perpetrator to cause a service failure...

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0480

A flaw was found in the filelockinit 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...