Security Advisory
CVE-2018-6555
7.8
HIGH
Vulnerability 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.
Published Date
September 4, 2018
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory