description: A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s nouveau driver in how a user triggers a memory overflow that causes the nvkm_vma_tail function to fail. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.
problem types: CWE-416
affected:
{
vendor: n/a
product: kernel
versions:
version: Linux kernel 5.0-rc1, status: affected
}