CVE-2020-36766

kernel: memory leak in drivers/media/cec/core/cec-api.c

Published Sep 18, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 3.3 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.8.6. drivers/media/cec/core/cec-api.c leaks one byte of kernel memory on specific hardware to unprivileged users, because of directly assigning log_addrs with a hole in the struct.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-24207 An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.8.6. drivers/media/cec/core/cec-api.c leaks one byte of kernel memory on specific hardware to unprivileged users, because of directly assigning log_addrs with a hole in the struct.
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Sep 25, 2024, 6:00 PM
Reserved
Sep 18, 2023, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 18, 2023, 9:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:16 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Sep 19, 2023, 12:00 AM