VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-36312

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM

EPSS probability0.31%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2021-04-07

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.8.10. virt/kvm/kvm_main.c has a kvm_io_bus_unregister_dev memory leak upon a kmalloc failure, aka CID-f65886606c2d.

Weakness classification

CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

Primary references

cve@mitre.org — Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org — Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Vendor Advisory