{"id":"CVE-2020-36778","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-36778","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:29:07.019Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: xiic: fix reference leak when pm_runtime_get_sync fails The PM reference count is not expected to be incremented on return in xiic_xfer and xiic_i2c_remove.","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ni2c: xiic: fix reference leak when pm_runtime_get_sync fails\n\nThe PM reference count is not expected to be incremented on\nreturn in xiic_xfer and xiic_i2c_remove.\n\nHowever, pm_runtime_get_sync will increment the PM reference\ncount even failed. Forgetting to putting operation will result\nin a reference leak here.\n\nReplace it with pm_runtime_resume_and_get to keep usage\ncounter balanced.","published":"2024-02-28T09:15:36.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:16:13.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00225,"percentile":0.13065,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.22%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a42ac16e6573f19c78f556ea292f5b534fcc4514","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a85c5c7a3aa8041777ff691400b4046e56149fd3","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c977426db644ba476938125597947979e8aba725","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2ba996577eaea423694dc69ae43d56f1410a22b","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a42ac16e6573f19c78f556ea292f5b534fcc4514","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a85c5c7a3aa8041777ff691400b4046e56149fd3","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c977426db644ba476938125597947979e8aba725","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2ba996577eaea423694dc69ae43d56f1410a22b","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36778","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}