CVE-2020-36784
MEDIUMLinux Kernel - Reference Leak in I2C Cadence Driver via pm_runtime_get_sync
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: cadence: fix reference leak when pm_runtime_get_sync fails The PM reference count is not expected to be incremented on return in functions cdns_i2c_master_xfer and cdns_reg_slave. However, pm_runtime_get_sync will increment pm usage counter 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.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
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
< 4.5
Linux/Linux
4.5
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
7fa32329ca03148fb2c07b4ef3247b8fc0488d6a - 23ceb8462dc6f4b4decdb5536a7e5fc477cdf0b6
Linux/Linux
7fa32329ca03148fb2c07b4ef3247b8fc0488d6a - 30410519328c94367e561fd878e5f0d3a0303585
Linux/Linux
7fa32329ca03148fb2c07b4ef3247b8fc0488d6a - a45fc41beed8e0fe31864619c34aa00797fb60c1
Linux/Linux
7fa32329ca03148fb2c07b4ef3247b8fc0488d6a - d57ff04e0ed6f3be1682ae861ead33f879225e07
... and 1 more
Published
Feb 28, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026