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.
| Product | Vendor | Version |
|---|---|---|
| kernel | n/a | < 0.9.0 |