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CVE-2018-6555
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-09-04T18:29:00.470 · Last modified 2026-06-17T02:02:01.070

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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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