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Linux CVE-2026-72268

| EUVDEUVD-2026-59167
2026-08-15 Linux GHSA-hqrv-q3c9-25x6

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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: tdfxfb: fix potential memory leak in tdfxfb_probe()

In tdfxfb_probe(), the memory allocated for modelist using fb_videomode_to_modelist() when CONFIG_FB_3DFX_I2C is defined, 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: tdfxfb: fix potential memory leak in tdfxfb_probe()

In tdfxfb_probe(), the memory allocated for modelist using fb_videomode_to_modelist() when CONFIG_FB_3DFX_I2C is defined, is not freed in the subsequent error paths. Fix that by calling fb_destroy_modelist().

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