CVE-2020-36782

unknown
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: imx-lpi2c: fix reference leak when pm_runtime_get_sync fails The PM reference count is not expected to be incremented on return in lpi2c_imx_master_enable. 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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-36782

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-36782.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed5.10.38-1
debian debianbullseyefixed5.10.38-1
debian debianforkyfixed5.10.38-1
debian debiansidfixed5.10.38-1
debian debiantrixiefixed5.10.38-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.