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CVE-2020-36777 (GCVE-0-2020-36777)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-27 18:40 – Updated: 2026-05-11 13:42
VLAI
Title
media: dvbdev: Fix memory leak in dvb_media_device_free()
Summary
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."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-03-11 16:40 UTC
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 0230d60e4661d9ced6fb0b9a30f182ebdafbba7a , < 06854b943e0571ccbd7ad0a529babed1a98ff275 (git)
Affected: 0230d60e4661d9ced6fb0b9a30f182ebdafbba7a , < 32168ca1f123316848fffb85d059860adf3c409f (git)
Affected: 0230d60e4661d9ced6fb0b9a30f182ebdafbba7a , < cd89f79be5d553c78202f686e8e4caa5fbe94e98 (git)
Affected: 0230d60e4661d9ced6fb0b9a30f182ebdafbba7a , < 9185b3b1c143b8da409c19ac5a785aa18d67a81b (git)
Affected: 0230d60e4661d9ced6fb0b9a30f182ebdafbba7a , < 43263fd43083e412311fa764cd04a727b0c6a749 (git)
Affected: 0230d60e4661d9ced6fb0b9a30f182ebdafbba7a , < 9ad15e214fcd73694ea51967d86055f47b802066 (git)
Affected: 0230d60e4661d9ced6fb0b9a30f182ebdafbba7a , < cede24d13be6c2a62be6d7ceea63c2719b0cfa82 (git)
Affected: 0230d60e4661d9ced6fb0b9a30f182ebdafbba7a , < bf9a40ae8d722f281a2721779595d6df1c33a0bf (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 4.5
Unaffected: 0 , < 4.5 (semver)
Unaffected: 4.9.269 , ≤ 4.9.* (semver)
Unaffected: 4.14.233 , ≤ 4.14.* (semver)
Unaffected: 4.19.191 , ≤ 4.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.4.118 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.36 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.11.20 , ≤ 5.11.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.12.3 , ≤ 5.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.13 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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