{
  "threat_severity" : "Low",
  "public_date" : "2024-02-27T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "kernel: media: dvbdev: Fix memory leak in dvb_media_device_free()",
    "id" : "2266746",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2266746"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "5.5",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-401",
  "details" : [ "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nmedia: dvbdev: Fix memory leak in dvb_media_device_free()\ndvb_media_device_free() is leaking memory. Free `dvbdev->adapter->conn`\nbefore setting it to NULL, as documented in include/media/media-device.h:\n\"The media_entity instance itself must be freed explicitly by the driver\nif required.\"", "A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A missing memory release in the dvb_media_device_free function in the drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c file can result in a memory leak." ],
  "statement" : "The kernel as shipped by Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 is not affected by this issue because it already contains the fix.",
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "release_date" : "2024-06-05T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:3627",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::nfv",
    "package" : "kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "release_date" : "2024-06-05T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:3618",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8",
    "package" : "kernel-0:4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36777\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36777\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/20240227184057.2368370-2-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org/T/#u" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2020-36777",
  "csaw" : false
}