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GHSA-6q2v-x4cv-ghqx
GHSA-6q2v-x4cv-ghqx
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 13, 2022
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.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Timeline
- May 13, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 29, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Apr 29, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html url
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-2 url
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-3 url
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html url
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-1 url
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-2 url
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg255030.html url
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg255034.html url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6554 advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-1 url
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1 url
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2 url
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308 url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105302 url