CVE-2018-6554 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Kernel

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionCWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime20 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8OSV7.0OSV5.6
EPSS
0.1%
top 84.39%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Linux KernelLinux KernelCanonical Ubuntu Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 4
Latest updateMay 13

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 vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel< 4.17
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 4.17.3-1+3
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 3.13.0-160.210+2
▶CVEListV5linux_kernel/linux_kernelbefore 4.17

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0, Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, 18.04

Patches

Patch: www.spinics.net ↗Patch: www.spinics.net ↗Patch: www.spinics.net ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

9
GHSA
GHSA-6q2v-x4cv-ghqx: Memory leak in the irda_bind function in net/irda/af_irda↗2022-05-13
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OSV
linux-azure vulnerabilities↗2018-10-23
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OSV
linux vulnerabilities↗2018-10-01
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OSV
linux-hwe, linux-gcp vulnerabilities↗2018-10-01
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OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-kvm, linux-oem, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities↗2018-10-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

9
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities↗2018-10-23
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities↗2018-10-01
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities↗2018-10-01
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2018-10-01
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities↗2018-10-01
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-6554 kernel: irda: Memory leak caused by repeated binds of irda socket↗2018-08-29
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