UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6555
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.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
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03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6555
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3775-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3775-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3776-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3776-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3777-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3777-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3777-3
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6555