{"id":"CVE-2020-36778","details":"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.","modified":"2026-03-13T00:41:26.991021Z","published":"2024-02-28T09:15:36.457Z","references":[{"type":"FIX","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a42ac16e6573f19c78f556ea292f5b534fcc4514"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a85c5c7a3aa8041777ff691400b4046e56149fd3"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c977426db644ba476938125597947979e8aba725"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2ba996577eaea423694dc69ae43d56f1410a22b"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"5.6"},{"fixed":"5.10.37"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"5.11"},{"fixed":"5.11.21"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"5.12"},{"fixed":"5.12.4"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-36778.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}