CVE-2020-36766

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.8.6. drivers/media/cec/core/cec-api.c leaks one byte of kernel memory on specific hardware to unprivileged users, because of directly assigning log_addrs with a hole in the struct.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

19 Sep 2023, 21:23

Type Values Removed Values Added
CWE NVD-CWE-noinfo
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 3.3
First Time Linux
Linux linux Kernel
References (MISC) https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6c42227c3467549ddc65efe99c869021d2f4a570 - (MISC) https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6c42227c3467549ddc65efe99c869021d2f4a570 - Patch
References (MISC) https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.6 - (MISC) https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.6 - Release Notes
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

18 Sep 2023, 13:26

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-09-18 09:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 20:33


NVD link : CVE-2020-36766

Mitre link : CVE-2020-36766

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-36766


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel