PT-2024-10827 · Linux+6 · Linux Kernel+6
Published
2021-03-22
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Updated
2024-08-20
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CVE-2020-36777
CVSS v3.1
5.5
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
A memory leak has been identified in the Linux kernel, specifically in the
dvb media device free() function. The leak occurs because the dvbdev->adapter->conn is not freed before being set to NULL. According to the documentation in include/media/media-device.h, the media entity instance itself must be freed explicitly by the driver if required. The issue is resolved by freeing dvbdev->adapter->conn before setting it to NULL.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Memory Leak
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Almalinux
Astra Linux
Centos
Linux Kernel
Red Hat
Rocky Linux
Suse