CVE-2018-6555 (GCVE-0-2018-6555)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-09-04 18:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 23:42
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
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References
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg255035.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-2/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105304 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-2/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg255031.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-3/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Linux Kernel Linux Kernel Affected: before 4.17
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