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🛡️ CVE-2022-0480 — enterprise-linux

🟡 CVSS 5.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-770 NVD
5.5
CVSS Score
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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.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-0480 is classified as CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits. Resources are allocated on request with no cap, so a client can exhaust them.

Affected software

CVE-2022-0480 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • enterprise-linux
  • linux-kernel (fixed in 5.15)

Timeline and source

Published on 29 August 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

access.redhat.com
bugzilla.redhat.com
git.kernel.org
github.com
lore.kernel.org
ubuntu.com
access.redhat.com
bugzilla.redhat.com
git.kernel.org
github.com
lore.kernel.org
ubuntu.com

Other advisories for this package

enterprise-linux has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits) in other software:

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE CWE-770
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2022-08-29
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
enterprise-linux
linux-kernel 5.15

References

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2049700
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2049700

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