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CVE-2018-6555 (GCVE-0-2018-6555)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-09-04 18:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 23:42
VLAI
Summary
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.
CWE
References
URL Tags
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-3/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Kernel Linux Kernel Affected: before 4.17
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Date Public
2018-09-04 00:00
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      "product_status:recommended": "748",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2018-6555",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2018-6555.json",
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}



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