CVE-2019-20810

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.6 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

go7007_snd_init in drivers/media/usb/go7007/snd-go7007.c in the Linux kernel before 5.6 does not call snd_card_free for a failure path, which causes a memory leak, aka CID-9453264ef586.

References (10)

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00008.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00009.html

[Release Notes, Vendor Advisory] https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.6

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9453264ef58638ce8976121ac44c07a3ef375983

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00019.html

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4427-1/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4439-1/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4440-1/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4483-1/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4485-1/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0007

EPSS Percentile 21.0%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-401

Status published

Affected Products (8)

linux/linux_kernel < 5.6

opensuse/leap

canonical/ubuntu_linux

Timeline

Published Jun 03, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026