| Name | CVE-2022-0480 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| linux (PTS) | buster | 4.19.249-2 | vulnerable |
| buster (security) | 4.19.282-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 5.10.178-3 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.179-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm, sid | 6.1.27-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| linux | source | (unstable) | 5.15.3-1 | | | |
Notes
[bullseye] - linux <ignored> (Minor issue)
[buster] - linux <ignored> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - linux <ignored> (Minor issue)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2049700
https://git.kernel.org/linus/0f12156dff2862ac54235fc72703f18770769042 (5.15-rc1)