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Linux CVE-2026-72271

| EUVDEUVD-2026-59170
2026-08-15 Linux GHSA-wwc4-r33x-59m3

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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: i740fb: fix potential memory leak in i740fb_probe()

In i740fb_probe(), the memory allocated in fb_videomode_to_modelist() for modelist is not freed in the error paths. Fix that by calling fb_destroy_modelist().

Analysis

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

fbdev: i740fb: fix potential memory leak in i740fb_probe()

In i740fb_probe(), the memory allocated in fb_videomode_to_modelist() for modelist is not freed in the error paths. Fix that by calling fb_destroy_modelist().

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CVE-2026-72271 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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