{"id":"CVE-2020-36779","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-36779","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T04:17:08.854Z","title":"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.","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ni2c: stm32f7: fix reference leak when pm_runtime_get_sync fails\n\nThe PM reference count is not expected to be incremented on\nreturn in these stm32f7_i2c_xx serious functions.\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":"2024-02-28T09:15:37.000Z","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":0.00222,"percentile":0.12655,"date":"2026-10-27","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/2c662660ce2bd3b09dae21a9a9ac9395e1e6c00b","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c323b270a52a26aa8038a4d1fd9a850904a41166","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7ea772c9fcf711ed566814b92eecaffc0e2bfd0","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d791b90f5c5e5aa8ccf9e33386c16bd2b7e333a4","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c662660ce2bd3b09dae21a9a9ac9395e1e6c00b","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c323b270a52a26aa8038a4d1fd9a850904a41166","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7ea772c9fcf711ed566814b92eecaffc0e2bfd0","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d791b90f5c5e5aa8ccf9e33386c16bd2b7e333a4","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36779","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."}