CVE-2018-6555
Published: 04 September 2018
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.
From the Ubuntu security team
It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the IRDA implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Priority
Medium
CVSS 3 base score: 7.8
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
linux Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(4.17~rc3)
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Released
(4.15.0-36.39)
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Released
(4.4.0-137.163)
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Released
(3.13.0-160.210)
|
|
|
Patches: Introduced by 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 Fixed by local-2018-6555-1|edf5c17d866eada03b8750368a12dc3def77d608 |
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|
linux-aws Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(4.17~rc3)
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Released
(4.15.0-1023.23)
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Released
(4.4.0-1069.79)
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Released
(4.4.0-1031.34)
|
|
|
linux-azure Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(4.17~rc3)
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Released
(4.15.0-1025.26)
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Released
(4.15.0-1025.26~16.04.1)
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Released
(4.15.0-1030.31~14.04.1)
|
|
|
linux-azure-edge Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(4.17~rc3)
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Not vulnerable
(4.18.0-1004.4~18.04.1)
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Released
(4.15.0-1025.26)
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-euclid Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(4.17~rc3)
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Ignored
(was needed ESM criteria)
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-flo Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(4.17~rc3)
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Ignored
(abandoned)
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [abandoned])
|
|
|
linux-gcp Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(4.17~rc3)
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Released
(4.15.0-1021.22)
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Released
(4.15.0-1021.22~16.04.1)
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-gke Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(4.17~rc3)
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Ignored
(end-of-life)
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-goldfish Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(4.17~rc3)
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Ignored
(end-of-life)
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [abandoned])
|
|
|
linux-grouper Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(4.17~rc3)
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [abandoned])
|
|
|
linux-hwe Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(4.17~rc3)
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Released
(4.15.0-36.39~16.04.1)
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-hwe-edge Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(4.17~rc3)
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Not vulnerable
(4.18.0-11.12~18.04.1)
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Released
(4.15.0-36.39~16.04.1)
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-kvm Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(4.17~rc3)
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Released
(4.15.0-1023.23)
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Released
(4.4.0-1035.41)
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-lts-trusty Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(4.17~rc3)
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-lts-utopic Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(4.17~rc3)
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [out of standard support])
|
|
|
linux-lts-vivid Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(4.17~rc3)
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [out of standard support])
|
|
|
linux-lts-wily Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(4.17~rc3)
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [out of standard support])
|
|
|
linux-lts-xenial Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(4.17~rc3)
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Released
(4.4.0-137.163~14.04.1)
|
|
|
linux-maguro Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(4.17~rc3)
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [abandoned])
|
|
|
linux-mako Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(4.17~rc3)
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Ignored
(abandoned)
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [abandoned])
|
|
|
linux-manta Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(4.17~rc3)
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [abandoned])
|
|
|
linux-oem Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(4.17~rc3)
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Released
(4.15.0-1021.24)
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Ignored
(was needed now end-of-life)
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-raspi2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(4.17~rc3)
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Released
(4.15.0-1024.26)
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Released
(4.4.0-1098.106)
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
|
|
|
linux-snapdragon Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(4.17~rc3)
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Released
(4.4.0-1102.107)
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
|
|
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| tyhicks | The irda subsystem was removed in 4.17 |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6555
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3775-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3775-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3776-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3776-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3777-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3777-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3777-3
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian