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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1531-1 linux-4.9 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1715-1 linux-4.9 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4308-1 linux security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-18306 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3775-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3775-2 Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3776-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3776-2 Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3777-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3777-2 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3777-3 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-17T01:41:05.683Z

Reserved: 2018-02-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-6554

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-09-04T18:29:00.343

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:10:53.673

Link: CVE-2018-6554

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Severity :

Publid Date: 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-6554 - Bugzilla

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