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.
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105302
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-3/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308
Source: MITRE
Published: 2018-09-04
Updated: 2019-10-09
Type: CWE-772
Base Score: 4.9
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Impact Score: 6.9
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: MEDIUM
Base Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 1.8
Severity: MEDIUM