Description (CNA)
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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux Kernel / Linux Kernel | affected before 4.17 |
CWE
CWE-400
References
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-1/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg255030.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105302
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-3/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg255034.html
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-1/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg255030.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105302
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-3/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg255034.html