Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 15, 2026
CVE-2026-72265
CVE-2026-72265
Description
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().
Affected products
1Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/009a8514745b16c468acc25aa00539abbf38e1b5nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2515cd60f6b5ad680ed164aa6bd19b05270af34cnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/508704de34fb8c0dcbbf13397212363bbf0974denvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ca48f23ce61a26349d7d084fb63b70499137c8envd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e747f7b17ccce750502fd4d0b4e866fe4f066a6nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/85f5e38c162bdf9dbbe197275d416402712f3707nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8172773e5251f4df2eed74caab6ca3195fed1eanvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed3b3eb212441fb5f287dfd24ebafe11d634f009nvd
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