VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2018-6554
CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.51%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-09-04
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
- CWE-772: Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
Primary references
- security@ubuntu.com — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- security@ubuntu.com — Third Party Advisory
- security@ubuntu.com — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- security@ubuntu.com — Third Party Advisory
- security@ubuntu.com — Third Party Advisory
- security@ubuntu.com — Third Party Advisory
- security@ubuntu.com — Third Party Advisory
- security@ubuntu.com — Third Party Advisory
- security@ubuntu.com — Third Party Advisory
- security@ubuntu.com — Third Party Advisory
- security@ubuntu.com — Third Party Advisory
- security@ubuntu.com — Patch, Third Party Advisory