CVE-2026-72269 (GCVE-0-2026-72269)
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: uvesafb: fix potential memory leak in uvesafb_probe() Due to an incorrect goto label, memory allocated for modedb and modelist in uvesafb_vbe_init() is not freed in some error paths. Fix this by updating the goto label.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux Version: 8bdb3a2d7df48b861972c4bfb58490853a228f51
Version: 8bdb3a2d7df48b861972c4bfb58490853a228f51
Version: 8bdb3a2d7df48b861972c4bfb58490853a228f51
Version: 8bdb3a2d7df48b861972c4bfb58490853a228f51
Version: 8bdb3a2d7df48b861972c4bfb58490853a228f51
Version: 8bdb3a2d7df48b861972c4bfb58490853a228f51
Version: 8bdb3a2d7df48b861972c4bfb58490853a228f51
Version: 8bdb3a2d7df48b861972c4bfb58490853a228f51
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