Security Advisory

CVE-2020-36779

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2024-02-28 08:13:02
Last updated 2026-05-11 13:42:44
Assigner Linux
State PUBLISHED

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: stm32f7: fix reference leak when pm_runtime_get_sync fails The PM reference count is not expected to be incremented on return in these stm32f7_i2c_xx serious functions. However, pm_runtime_get_sync will increment the PM reference count 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.