CVE-2026-98516 (GCVE-0-2026-98516)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-18 15:17
Modified
2026-10-19 09:20
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/nouveau: Fix bridge reference leak in nv1a_ram_new() pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot() takes a reference to the PCI device, which is never released once the memory size has been read from its config space. Drop the reference before returning.
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Linux Linux Version: 2fa6d6cdaf283c05ae23842b2a04aeb223203c13
Version: 2fa6d6cdaf283c05ae23842b2a04aeb223203c13
Version: 2fa6d6cdaf283c05ae23842b2a04aeb223203c13
Version: 2fa6d6cdaf283c05ae23842b2a04aeb223203c13
Version: 2fa6d6cdaf283c05ae23842b2a04aeb223203c13
Version: 2fa6d6cdaf283c05ae23842b2a04aeb223203c13
Version: 2fa6d6cdaf283c05ae23842b2a04aeb223203c13
Version: 2fa6d6cdaf283c05ae23842b2a04aeb223203c13
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