Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 27, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-36777
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."
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Affected products
128- osv-coords126 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Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/06854b943e0571ccbd7ad0a529babed1a98ff275nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/32168ca1f123316848fffb85d059860adf3c409fnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/43263fd43083e412311fa764cd04a727b0c6a749nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9185b3b1c143b8da409c19ac5a785aa18d67a81bnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ad15e214fcd73694ea51967d86055f47b802066nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf9a40ae8d722f281a2721779595d6df1c33a0bfnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd89f79be5d553c78202f686e8e4caa5fbe94e98nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/cede24d13be6c2a62be6d7ceea63c2719b0cfa82nvdPatch
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