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.
problem types: CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling.
affected:
{
product: kernel
vendor: n/a
versions:
status: affected, version: Not Known
}