CVE-2026-72267 (GCVE-0-2026-72267)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-15 05:54
Modified
2026-08-17 05:11
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fbdev: carminefb: fix potential memory leak in alloc_carmine_fb()
The memory allocated for modelist in fb_videomode_to_modelist() is not
freed in the subsequent error path.
Fix that by calling fb_destroy_modelist()
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Version: 2ece5f43b041b96fa2a05107a10a6b0ea0c03a3b Version: 2ece5f43b041b96fa2a05107a10a6b0ea0c03a3b Version: 2ece5f43b041b96fa2a05107a10a6b0ea0c03a3b Version: 2ece5f43b041b96fa2a05107a10a6b0ea0c03a3b Version: 2ece5f43b041b96fa2a05107a10a6b0ea0c03a3b Version: 2ece5f43b041b96fa2a05107a10a6b0ea0c03a3b Version: 2ece5f43b041b96fa2a05107a10a6b0ea0c03a3b Version: 2ece5f43b041b96fa2a05107a10a6b0ea0c03a3b |
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