CVE-2020-36766
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2020-36766 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2023-09-18 09:15:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2023-09-19 21:23:00 UTC |
| Description | 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. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Linux | Linux Kernel | All | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| cec-api: prevent leaking memory through hole in structure · torvalds/linux@6c42227 · GitHub | MISC | github.com | |
| cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.6 | MISC | cdn.kernel.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 673644 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2023-3336)
- 673848 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2023-3217)
- 755060 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:4031-1)
- 755061 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:4030-1)
- 755063 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:4032-1)
- 755107 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:4095-1)
- 755565 SUSE Security Update for the linux kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:4347-1)