CVE-2026-72271 (GCVE-0-2026-72271)
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: i740fb: fix potential memory leak in i740fb_probe()
In i740fb_probe(), the memory allocated in fb_videomode_to_modelist()
for modelist is not freed in the error paths. Fix that by calling
fb_destroy_modelist().
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Version: 5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 Version: 5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 Version: 5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 Version: 5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 Version: 5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 Version: 5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 Version: 5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 Version: 5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 |
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