description: A use-after-free flaw was found in the add_partition in block/partitions/core.c in the Linux kernel. A local attacker with user privileges could cause a denial of service on the system. The issue results from the lack of code cleanup when device_add call fails when adding a partition to the disk.
problem types: CWE-416
affected:
{
product: kernel
vendor: n/a
versions:
status: affected, version: kernel 5.15 rc7
}