Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting kernel-rt-modules package, versions <0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4
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- published 4 Nov 2024
- disclosed 30 Apr 2024
Introduced: 30 Apr 2024
CVE-2022-0480 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 kernel-rt-modules to version 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2024:2394.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-modules package and not the kernel-rt-modules package as distributed by AlmaLinux.
See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-2394.html
- https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2022-0480.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2394
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20210902215519.AWcuVc3li%25akpm@linux-foundation.org/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0480
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2049700
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0f12156dff2862ac54235fc72703f18770769042
- https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/issues/3373
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20210902215519.AWcuVc3li%25akpm%40linux-foundation.org/
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-0480