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.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| linux / linux_kernel | - | 5.15 |
| redhat / enterprise_linux | 9.0 | 9.0.x |