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SCP7-918 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2018-6555

Created: Sep 16, 2018    Updated: May 18, 2019
Resolved Date: Nov 29, 2018
Found In Version: 7.0.0.29
Fix Version: 7.0.0.30
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 7
Component/s: Kernel

Description

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.

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6555
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