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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…

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.5%
percentile 43%
Public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.51% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.05.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.04.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

  • Linux Kernel Linux Kernel

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
Technology feeds
Linux kernel (RSS, critical only)

References

  • usn.ubuntu.com /3776-1/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /3776-2/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /3777-1/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /3775-1/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • spinics.net /lists/stable/msg255030.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2018/dsa-4308 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/105302 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /3775-2/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /3777-2/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /3777-3/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • spinics.net /lists/stable/msg255034.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred

Sources

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