Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 15, 2026
CVE-2026-72268
CVE-2026-72268
Description
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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References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2199d70efc5bea0e9b4462a4f9e4c3d3c21c5d34nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/237611edf15172e4dc7fa9b3b71c2445602d3459nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fd16a94bea5e0c3e93791436cf8a800b175762anvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b039e0693df003c5baa1e89630344f92a78afb15nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7b26adc2718ca8f81ca75cd03aee94269d00e8anvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb019d755366cc3e777a12d4bf457ff289837370nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfbb1a695d8891774c80c0e2a9192afb66469eb7nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1ca9b8559e0f5959228626bdeaae530a1ee0337nvd
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