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Linux Linux — net: tun: unlink NAPI from device on destruction
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0030 22.3 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 943170998b200190f99d3fe7e771437e2c51f319 – —
Linux 4.15 – 4.19.251
TIMELINE
Feb 26 Reserved by Linux
Feb 26 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2022-49672 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: tun: unlink NAPI from device on destruction
Syzbot found a race between tun file and device destruction.
NAPIs live in struct tun_file which can get destroyed before
the netdev so we have to del them explicitly. The current
code is missing deleting the NAPI if the queue was detached
first.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| February 26, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| February 26, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2022-49672 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 943170998b200190f99d3fe7e771437e2c51f319 | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 4.15 | 4.19.251 |
About this page
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