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Linux CVE-2026-72270

| EUVDEUVD-2026-59169
2026-08-15 Linux GHSA-8m7r-q86r-f7r8

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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: s3fb: fix potential memory leak in s3_pci_probe()

In s3_pci_probe(), the memory allocated for modelist using fb_videomode_to_modelist() is not freed in subsequent error paths. Fix that by calling fb_destroy_modelist()

Analysis

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

fbdev: s3fb: fix potential memory leak in s3_pci_probe()

In s3_pci_probe(), the memory allocated for modelist using fb_videomode_to_modelist() is not freed in subsequent error paths. Fix that by calling fb_destroy_modelist()

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CVE-2026-72270 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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