The irda_setsockopt 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 (ias_object use-after-free and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an AF_IRDA socket.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published: 2018-09-04T18:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T23:42:04.264Z

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

Link: CVE-2018-6555

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-09-04T18:29:00.470

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:10:53.823

Link: CVE-2018-6555

cve-icon Redhat

Severity :

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

Links: CVE-2018-6555 - Bugzilla