CVE-2022-0480
Estado: ModificadaMedia (5.5)—
Se ha encontrado un fallo en la función filelock_init en el archivo fs/locks.c del kernel de Linux. Este problema puede conllevar a un agotamiento de la memoria del host debido a que memcg no limita el número de bloqueos de archivos de la Interfaz del Sistema Operativo Portátil (POSIX)
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 5.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.29%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 20
- Fecha de la puntuación: 8/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (2)
CWE
- CWE-770
- CWE-770
Referencias
- 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
- 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
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