Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting reiserfs-kmp-default package, versions <4.12.14-25.19.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-REISERFSKMPDEFAULT-2761253
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed2 Oct 2018

Introduced: 2 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-6554  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 reiserfs-kmp-default to version 4.12.14-25.19.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream reiserfs-kmp-default package and not the reiserfs-kmp-default package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.