vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2018-6554: linux -- security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Sep 4, 2018 | Oct 2, 2018 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Sep 4, 2018
Added
Oct 2, 2018
Modified
Mar 30, 2026
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.
Solution
debian-upgrade-linux
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