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.
problem types: CWE-416: Use After Free
affected:
{
product: Linux Kernel
vendor: Linux Kernel
versions:
status: affected, version: before 4.17
}