CVE-2020-36777
media: dvbdev: Fix memory leak in dvb_media_device_free()
Vexday Risk Score
3Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS —EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
27 Feb 2024Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
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 products
Linux · LinuxReferences
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06854b943e0571ccbd7ad0a529babed1a98ff275https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32168ca1f123316848fffb85d059860adf3c409fhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43263fd43083e412311fa764cd04a727b0c6a749https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9185b3b1c143b8da409c19ac5a785aa18d67a81bhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ad15e214fcd73694ea51967d86055f47b802066https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf9a40ae8d722f281a2721779595d6df1c33a0bfhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd89f79be5d553c78202f686e8e4caa5fbe94e98https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cede24d13be6c2a62be6d7ceea63c2719b0cfa82