ghsa-pp49-8w45-9fxr
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Published
2024-02-27 21:31
Modified
2024-04-10 21:30
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details

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."

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2020-36777"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-401"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-02-27T19:04:05Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: dvbdev: Fix memory leak in dvb_media_device_free()\n\ndvb_media_device_free() is leaking memory. Free `dvbdev-\u003eadapter-\u003econn`\nbefore setting it to NULL, as documented in include/media/media-device.h:\n\"The media_entity instance itself must be freed explicitly by the driver\nif required.\"",
  "id": "GHSA-pp49-8w45-9fxr",
  "modified": "2024-04-10T21:30:28Z",
  "published": "2024-02-27T21:31:26Z",
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}


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