CVE-2026-72274 (GCVE-0-2026-72274)
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: hecubafb: fix potential memory leak in hecubafb_probe() The memory allocated for pagerefs in fb_deferred_io_init() is not freed on the error path. Fix it by calling fb_deferred_io_cleanup().
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Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux Version: 186b89659c4c67cccead52961eab0ca3b23951dc
Version: 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31
Version: 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31
Version: 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31
Version: 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31
Version: 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31
Version: 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31
Version: 5.15.149   ≤
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