CVE-2020-36778

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Reference Leak in I2C XIIC Driver via pm_runtime_get_sync

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: xiic: fix reference leak when pm_runtime_get_sync fails The PM reference count is not expected to be incremented on return in xiic_xfer and xiic_i2c_remove. However, pm_runtime_get_sync will increment the PM reference count even failed. Forgetting to putting operation will result in a reference leak here. Replace it with pm_runtime_resume_and_get to keep usage counter balanced.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0022
EPSS Percentile 13.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

Status published
Products (11)
Linux/Linux < 5.6
Linux/Linux 10b17004a74c384c6f410af355b0d6d7a168f613 - a42ac16e6573f19c78f556ea292f5b534fcc4514
Linux/Linux 10b17004a74c384c6f410af355b0d6d7a168f613 - a85c5c7a3aa8041777ff691400b4046e56149fd3
Linux/Linux 10b17004a74c384c6f410af355b0d6d7a168f613 - c977426db644ba476938125597947979e8aba725
Linux/Linux 10b17004a74c384c6f410af355b0d6d7a168f613 - e2ba996577eaea423694dc69ae43d56f1410a22b
Linux/Linux 5.10.37 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.11.21 - 5.11.*
Linux/Linux 5.12.4 - 5.12.*
Linux/Linux 5.13
Linux/Linux 5.6
... and 1 more
Published Feb 28, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026