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Use After Free Affecting kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-25_19-default package, versions <1-1.3.1

Severity

 Recommended
low

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.5% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-KERNELLIVEPATCH412142519DEFAULT-2761227
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed2 Oct 2018
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Introduced: 2 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-6555  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-25_19-default to version 1-1.3.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-25_19-default package and not the kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-25_19-default package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.