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Linux CVE-2026-72265

EUVD-2026-59164

2026-08-15 Linux

GHSA-4j42-qmrm-833c

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Lifecycle Timeline

Patch available

Aug 15, 2026 - 07:20 EUVD

CVE Published

Aug 15, 2026 - 05:54 cve.org

UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fbdev: nvidia: fix potential memory leak in nvidiafb_probe()

In nvidiafb_probe(), the memory allocated for modelist in nvidia_set_fbinfo() is not freed in the subsequent error paths. Fix that by calling fb_destroy_modelist().

Analysis

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fbdev: nvidia: fix potential memory leak in nvidiafb_probe()

In nvidiafb_probe(), the memory allocated for modelist in nvidia_set_fbinfo() is not freed in the subsequent error paths. Fix that by calling fb_destroy_modelist().

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