CVE-2022-4744
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-03-30 00:00
Modified
2025-02-14 15:45
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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
secalert@redhat.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171912/CentOS-Stream-9-Missing-Kernel-Security-Fix.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.git/commit/?id=158b515f703eVendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00006.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230526-0009/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171912/CentOS-Stream-9-Missing-Kernel-Security-Fix.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.git/commit/?id=158b515f703eVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00006.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230526-0009/Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Kernel Version: Linux kernel 5.16-rc7
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