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FKIE_CVE-2026-72274

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-15 06:21 - Updated: 2026-08-17 06:18
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: hecubafb: fix potential memory leak in hecubafb_probe() The memory allocated for pagerefs in fb_deferred_io_init() is not freed on the error path. Fix it by calling fb_deferred_io_cleanup().
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2952767e399e2796d45644ea50f442988d2bb02d
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3eb2bc1009c2476426ffbaf642d7ac82f4685b4d
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/612ea3a8e525580aa82f26ab873e285f5caf9d99
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7de72f7534d961b117e0b051fa8798975036f5f3
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a94b85531852eb86283eca36ab041782c6b3518
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbef2a305a8a72969b86f96b7c07b86edde61aff
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d684ce2db92b1093bcca2b42e5160a5fe23eb496
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