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.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Oct 2, 2018 | Sep 4, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade kernel-defaultUpgrade kernel-docs-azureUpgrade kernel-devel-azureUpgrade kernel-azure-baseUpgrade kernel-source-azureUpgrade kernel-docsUpgrade kernel-default-extraUpgrade kernel-obs-buildUpgrade kernel-default-man | Sep 17, 2018 | Sep 4, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-oemUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1035-kvmUpgrade linux-image-3.13.0-160-powerpc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-generic-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-36-snapdragonUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1023-awsUpgrade linux-image-3.13.0-160-powerpc-e500Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-137-powerpc-e500mcUpgrade linux-image-3.13.0-160-powerpc-smpUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-e500Upgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-trustyUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1031-awsUpgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-e500mcUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1102-snapdragonUpgrade linux-image-generic-lts-trustyUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-137-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-3.13.0-160-genericUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-36-genericUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-36-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1021-oemUpgrade linux-image-powerpc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-smpUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-137-powerpc-smpUpgrade linux-image-snapdragonUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-36-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-137-genericUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-137-powerpc64-embUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-smp-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-powerpc64-emb-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-3.13.0-160-powerpc64-embUpgrade linux-image-3.13.0-160-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-3.13.0-160-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-3.13.0-160-powerpc-e500mcUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1024-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1021-gcpUpgrade linux-image-powerpc64-embUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1025-azureUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1069-awsUpgrade linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1023-kvmUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1098-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-137-powerpc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-137-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-e500mc-lts-xenial | Oct 4, 2018 | Sep 4, 2018 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Sep 4, 2018 |
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