Vulnerability of the dvb-media-device-free() function in the drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c module – a driver for supporting multimedia devices in the Linux operating system, which allows a hacker to cause a service failure.

Vulnerability of the dvb-media-device-free function in the drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c module – The Linux kernel’s multimedia device support driver is vulnerable to a memory leak issue, where memory is not properly freed after the last reference to a pointer is removed. Exploiting this...

kernel: media: dvbdev: Fix memory leak in dvb_media_device_free()

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A missing memory release in the dvbmediadevicefree function in the drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c file can result in a memory leak...

OESA-2024-1392 kernel security update

The Linux Kernel, the operating system core itself. Security Fixes: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: dvbdev: Fix memory leak in dvbmediadevicefree dvbmediadevicefree is leaking memory. Free dvbdev-adapter-conn before setting it to NULL, as documented in...

CVE-2020-36777

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: dvbdev: Fix memory leak in dvbmediadevicefree dvbmediadevicefree is leaking memory. Free dvbdev-adapter-conn before setting it to NULL, as documented in include/media/media-device.h: "The mediaentity instance itself must b...

Linux kernel security vulnerabilities

Linux kernel is the kernel used by Linux, the open source operating system of the Linux Foundation in the United States. A security vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel that originates from a memory leak in dvbmediadevicefree...