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.
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{
"product": "Linux Kernel",
"vendor": "Linux Kernel",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "before 4.17"
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]
www.securityfocus.com/bid/105302
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html
usn.ubuntu.com/3775-1/
usn.ubuntu.com/3775-2/
usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1/
usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2/
usn.ubuntu.com/3777-1/
usn.ubuntu.com/3777-2/
usn.ubuntu.com/3777-3/
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308
www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg255030.html
www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg255034.html