CVE-2018-6554
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.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| linux / linux_kernel | - | 4.17 |
| debian / debian_linux | 8.0 | 8.0.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 16.04 | 16.04.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 14.04 | 14.04.x |
| debian / debian_linux | 9.0 | 9.0.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 12.04 | 12.04.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 18.04 | 18.04.x |
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105302
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-3/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg255030.html
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg255034.html
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