CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-36777

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2024-02-27 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2024-02-27
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-401

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: dvbdev: Fix memory leak in dvb_media_device_free() dvb_media_device_free() is leaking memory. Free `dvbdev->adapter->conn` before setting it to NULL, as documented in include/media/media-device.h: "The media_entity instance itself must be freed explicitly by the driver if required."

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 4.5.0 < 4.9.269) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.10.0 < 4.14.233) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.15.0 < 4.19.191) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.20.0 < 5.4.118) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.5.0 < 5.10.36) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.11.0 < 5.11.20) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.12.0 < 5.12.3)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime weakness

References