CVE-2026-72264 (GCVE-0-2026-72264)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-15 05:54
Modified
2026-08-17 05:11
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: tridentfb: fix potential memory leak in trident_pci_probe() In trident_pci_probe(), the memory allocated for modelist using fb_videomode_to_modelist() is not freed in subsequent error paths. Fix that by calling fb_destroy_modelist().
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux Version: 6a5e3bd0c8bc1025bb5092f54d5aea38216c665e
Version: 6a5e3bd0c8bc1025bb5092f54d5aea38216c665e
Version: 6a5e3bd0c8bc1025bb5092f54d5aea38216c665e
Version: 6a5e3bd0c8bc1025bb5092f54d5aea38216c665e
Version: 6a5e3bd0c8bc1025bb5092f54d5aea38216c665e
Version: 6a5e3bd0c8bc1025bb5092f54d5aea38216c665e
Version: 6a5e3bd0c8bc1025bb5092f54d5aea38216c665e
Version: 6a5e3bd0c8bc1025bb5092f54d5aea38216c665e
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