VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-6554
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.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.51%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.51%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.51% probability · 42th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400, CWE-772
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux
- Source
- security@ubuntu.com
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105302Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-3/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308Third Party Advisory
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg255030.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg255034.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105302Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-3/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308Third Party Advisory
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg255030.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg255034.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.