# CVE-2022-49672: net: tun: unlink NAPI from device on destruction

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-02-26 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.15

## 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.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82e729aee59acefe135fceffadcbc5b86dd4f1b9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8cf919022373c97a84fe596bbea544f909c485d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bec1be0a745ab420718217e3e0d9542a75108989
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8145f77d38de4f88b8a69e1463f5c09ba189d77c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8661d4b8faa2f7ee7a559969c0a7c57f077b1728
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b9bc84d311104906d2b4995a9a02d7b7ddab2db

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