CVE-2020-36777 (GCVE-0-2020-36777)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-02-27 18:40
Modified
2025-05-04 06:58
Severity ?
Summary
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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Linux Linux Version: 0230d60e4661d9ced6fb0b9a30f182ebdafbba7a
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