The vulnerability of the old_deviceless() function in the net/bridge/br_ioctl.c module, a implementation of networking functions in the Linux kernel, allows a attacker to cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the olddeviceless function in the net/bridge/brioctl.c module, which implements networking functions in the Linux kernel, is related to errors during the update of the reference counter. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a service failure...