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LIN1021-7460 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2020-36784

Created: Feb 28, 2024    Updated: Mar 21, 2024
Resolved Date: Mar 21, 2024
Found In Version: 10.21.20.1
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux LTS 21
Component/s: Kernel

Description

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

i2c: cadence: fix reference leak when pm_runtime_get_sync fails

The PM reference count is not expected to be incremented on
return in functions cdns_i2c_master_xfer and cdns_reg_slave.

However, pm_runtime_get_sync will increment pm usage counter
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.

CREATE(Triage):(User=admin) CVE-2020-36784 (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36784)
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