CVE-2020-36777

media: dvbdev: Fix memory leak in dvb_media_device_free()

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Feb 27, 2024
Updated: May 11, 2026
Reserved: Feb 26, 2024

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."

Scores

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
LinuxLinux	0230d60e4661d9ced6fb0b9a30f182ebdafbba7a to before 06854b943e0571ccbd7ad0a529babed1a98ff275Affected 0230d60e4661d9ced6fb0b9a30f182ebdafbba7a to before 32168ca1f123316848fffb85d059860adf3c409fAffected 0230d60e4661d9ced6fb0b9a30f182ebdafbba7a to before cd89f79be5d553c78202f686e8e4caa5fbe94e98Affected 0230d60e4661d9ced6fb0b9a30f182ebdafbba7a to before 9185b3b1c143b8da409c19ac5a785aa18d67a81bAffected 0230d60e4661d9ced6fb0b9a30f182ebdafbba7a to before 43263fd43083e412311fa764cd04a727b0c6a749Affected 0230d60e4661d9ced6fb0b9a30f182ebdafbba7a to before 9ad15e214fcd73694ea51967d86055f47b802066Affected 0230d60e4661d9ced6fb0b9a30f182ebdafbba7a to before cede24d13be6c2a62be6d7ceea63c2719b0cfa82Affected 0230d60e4661d9ced6fb0b9a30f182ebdafbba7a to before bf9a40ae8d722f281a2721779595d6df1c33a0bfAffected
LinuxLinux	4.5Affected before 4.5Not affected 4.9.269 through 4.9.Not affected 4.14.233 through 4.14.Not affected 4.19.191 through 4.19.Not affected 5.4.118 through 5.4.Not affected 5.10.36 through 5.10.Not affected 5.11.20 through 5.11.Not affected 5.12.3 through 5.12.*Not affected 5.13 and laterNot affected

Product

Versions

LinuxLinux

0230d60e4661d9ced6fb0b9a30f182ebdafbba7a to before 06854b943e0571ccbd7ad0a529babed1a98ff275Affected
0230d60e4661d9ced6fb0b9a30f182ebdafbba7a to before 32168ca1f123316848fffb85d059860adf3c409fAffected
0230d60e4661d9ced6fb0b9a30f182ebdafbba7a to before cd89f79be5d553c78202f686e8e4caa5fbe94e98Affected
0230d60e4661d9ced6fb0b9a30f182ebdafbba7a to before 9185b3b1c143b8da409c19ac5a785aa18d67a81bAffected
0230d60e4661d9ced6fb0b9a30f182ebdafbba7a to before 43263fd43083e412311fa764cd04a727b0c6a749Affected
0230d60e4661d9ced6fb0b9a30f182ebdafbba7a to before 9ad15e214fcd73694ea51967d86055f47b802066Affected
0230d60e4661d9ced6fb0b9a30f182ebdafbba7a to before cede24d13be6c2a62be6d7ceea63c2719b0cfa82Affected
0230d60e4661d9ced6fb0b9a30f182ebdafbba7a to before bf9a40ae8d722f281a2721779595d6df1c33a0bfAffected

LinuxLinux

4.5Affected
before 4.5Not affected
4.9.269 through 4.9.*Not affected
4.14.233 through 4.14.*Not affected
4.19.191 through 4.19.*Not affected
5.4.118 through 5.4.*Not affected
5.10.36 through 5.10.*Not affected
5.11.20 through 5.11.*Not affected
5.12.3 through 5.12.*Not affected
5.13 and laterNot affected

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