Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting kernel-zfcpdump-modules package, versions <0:5.14.0-284.57.1.el9_2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-KERNELZFCPDUMPMODULES-6427837
  • published13 Mar 2024
  • disclosed3 Jan 2022

Introduced: 3 Jan 2022

CVE-2022-0480  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 kernel-zfcpdump-modules to version 0:5.14.0-284.57.1.el9_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:1304.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-zfcpdump-modules package and not the kernel-zfcpdump-modules package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL: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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1