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.
problem types: CWE-460 -> CWE-824
affected:
{
vendor: n/a
product: Kernel
versions:
version: Linux kernel 5.16-rc7, status: affected
}