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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 27, 2024· Updated May 4, 2025

media: dvbdev: Fix memory leak in dvb_media_device_free()

CVE-2020-36777

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."

Affected products

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Patches

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