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Linux CVE-2026-72269

| EUVDEUVD-2026-59168
2026-08-15 Linux GHSA-w6jh-456j-h9m3

Lifecycle Timeline

2
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: uvesafb: fix potential memory leak in uvesafb_probe()

Due to an incorrect goto label, memory allocated for modedb and modelist in uvesafb_vbe_init() is not freed in some error paths. Fix this by updating the goto label.

Analysis

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

fbdev: uvesafb: fix potential memory leak in uvesafb_probe()

Due to an incorrect goto label, memory allocated for modedb and modelist in uvesafb_vbe_init() is not freed in some error paths. Fix this by updating the goto label.

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CVE-2026-72269 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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