CVE-2026-72271

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().

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/146b708bc75f1e6cf70df31195632c9946cb70fd
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ede8fa708235c81ab18de14077f1a458bec7e22
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c0cf89b74e7b8ebc21a1542937c8e912d19f22b
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5936063409af230a2c88b8700c47b89a19fd70b5
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aebdbe61b3960cd22b8bb6e70e3d94fb3bbb202c
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ccf073cd4a2f783adc40b04db3805dbddaaf9f31
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3776b1bf9c100873c7365bd31a67ed6caacbd82
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1ecbaeec5fbf0b0e2d5810ec574f762d148771e

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-2026-72271

Mitre link : CVE-2026-72271

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-72271

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Products Affected

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CWE

No CWE.

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