CVE-2018-6554

Name	CVE-2018-6554
Description	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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-1529-1, DLA-1531-1, DLA-1715-1, DSA-4308-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.223-1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	5.10.226-1	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.115-1	fixed
	bookworm (security)	6.1.119-1	fixed
	trixie	6.12.5-1	fixed
	sid	6.12.6-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin
linux	source	jessie	3.16.59-1	DLA-1529-1
linux	source	stretch	4.9.110-3+deb9u5	DSA-4308-1
linux	source	(unstable)	4.17.3-1
linux-4.9	source	jessie	4.9.144-3.1~deb8u1	DLA-1715-1

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/09/04/2