CVE-2018-6554

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
5.5
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.051

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Linux kernel (USN-3775-1) linux-image-3.13.0-160-generic_3.13.0-160.210_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3775-1) linux-image-3.13.0-160-generic_3.13.0-160.210_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3775-1) linux-image-3.13.0-160-lowlatency_3.13.0-160.210_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3775-1) linux-image-3.13.0-160-lowlatency_3.13.0-160.210_amd64.debLinux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234