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CVE-2018-6554

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CVE-2018-6554

Published: Sep 4, 2018

Modified: Sep 17, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

Memory leak in the irda_bind function in net/irda/af_irda.c and later in drivers/staging/irda/net/af_irda.c in the Linux kernel before 4.17 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by repeatedly binding an AF_IRDA socket.

VendorProductVersions

Linux Kernel

Linux Kernel

affected
before 4.17

Weaknesses (CWE)

References

USN-3776-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-3776-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-3777-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-3775-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
DSA-4308
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
105302
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
USN-3775-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-3777-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-3777-3
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU

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