Bug 2266946 (CVE-2020-36781)

Summary:	CVE-2020-36781 kernel: i2c: imx: fix reference leak when pm_runtime_get_sync fails
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Avinash Hanwate <ahanwate>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
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OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	kernel 5.10.37, kernel 5.11.21, kernel 5.12.4, kernel 5.13	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
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Bug Depends On:	2266947
Bug Blocks:	2266960

Description Avinash Hanwate 2024-02-29 09:32:15 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

i2c: imx: fix reference leak when pm_runtime_get_sync fails

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2020-36781 to this issue.

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024022820-CVE-2020-36781-d70c@gregkh/T/#u

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2024-02-29 09:32:48 UTC

Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2266947]

Comment 3 Justin M. Forbes 2024-02-29 21:17:57 UTC

This was fixed for Fedora with the 5.12.4 stable kernel updates.