Vulnerability CVE-2022-4744


Published: 2023-03-30

Description:
A double-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel??s TUN/TAP device driver functionality in how a user registers the device when the register_netdevice function fails (NETDEV_REGISTER notifier). This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

 References:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.git/commit/?id=158b515f703e

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