CVE-2020-36312

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.8.10 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.8.10. virt/kvm/kvm_main.c has a kvm_io_bus_unregister_dev memory leak upon a kmalloc failure, aka CID-f65886606c2d.

References (2)

[Release Notes, Vendor Advisory] https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.10

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f65886606c2d3b562716de030706dfe1bea4ed5e

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0003

EPSS Percentile 7.5%

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 (1)

linux/linux_kernel < 5.8.10

Timeline

Published Apr 07, 2021

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026