PT-2024-10834 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Colin Ian King · Published 2021-03-22 · Updated 2024-12-06 · CVE-2020-36786

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base 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 issue has been resolved in the Linux kernel. The problem occurs when the lm3554 platform data func call returns an error, resulting in a memory leak on the error return path of object flash. This issue is fixed by adding an error return path to free flash and renaming labels.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Memory Leak

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-401

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-02862

CVE-2020-36786

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 23

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-36786 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f0f37d03cde8f4341df8454f9b40a67fda94a33 · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27d2eab69f7da8e94e4751ac5c6d22d809275484 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36786 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-36786 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc4cc2fb5aaf9adb83c02211eb13b16cfcb7ba64 · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6045b01dd0e3cd3759eafe7f290ed04c957500b1 · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-36786 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-02862 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36786 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36786 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36786 · Security Note
• https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024022821-CVE-2020-36786-fa2b@gregkh · Note
• https://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.11.21 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-36786 · Note