CVE-2018-6554

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 4.17 - Resource Leak

Title source: rule

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.

References (13)

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105302

[Third Party Advisory] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-1/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-2/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-1/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-2/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-3/

[Third Party Advisory] https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg255030.html

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg255034.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0005

EPSS Percentile 15.5%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-772 CWE-400

Status published

Affected Products (7)

linux/linux_kernel < 4.17

canonical/ubuntu_linux

debian/debian_linux

Timeline

Published Sep 04, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026