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CVE-2018-6554

kernel: irda: Memory leak caused by repeated binds of irda socket

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Severity

Unknown

Red Hat Product Security

7.5

CVSS 3.0

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Published · September 4, 2018

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

A memory leak in the irda_bind function in net/irda/af_irda.c in the Linux kernel, through 4.16, allows local users to cause a denial of service due to a memory consumption by repeatedly binding an AF_IRDA socket.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption