CVE-2020-36777: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 4.5.0, before 4.9.269 (fixed in 4.9.269); from 4.10.0, before 4.14.233 (fixed in 4.14.233); from 4.15.0, before 4.19.191 (fixed in 4.19.191); from 4.20.0, before 5.4.118 (fixed in 5.4.118); from 5.5.0, before 5.10.36 (fixed in 5.10.36); from 5.11.0, before 5.11.20 (fixed in 5.11.20); …

Published 2024-02-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.