CVE-2026-72265

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().

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/009a8514745b16c468acc25aa00539abbf38e1b5
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2515cd60f6b5ad680ed164aa6bd19b05270af34c
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/508704de34fb8c0dcbbf13397212363bbf0974de
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ca48f23ce61a26349d7d084fb63b70499137c8e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e747f7b17ccce750502fd4d0b4e866fe4f066a6
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85f5e38c162bdf9dbbe197275d416402712f3707
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8172773e5251f4df2eed74caab6ca3195fed1ea
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed3b3eb212441fb5f287dfd24ebafe11d634f009

Configurations

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History

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Information

Published : 2026-08-15 06:21

Updated : 2026-08-17 06:18

NVD link : CVE-2026-72265

Mitre link : CVE-2026-72265

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-72265

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Products Affected

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CWE

No CWE.

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