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FKIE_CVE-2026-72276

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: metronomefb: fix potential memory leak in metronomefb_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/01708cf3dca2f88eca26269521cbcc8e2f054ee4
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6854cf33dddb212bd7c3d69189623876e7334075
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77e26383083c59a67244fcf2e70eecd354451906
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/894632b862a39b3fe1cb5de06fbae86225ea64de
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a889978ec44fe33edb3fb7140dcbbb8e6465c1cb
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d54bb39cd34f44b32d5c4a8416fff8b01a9e76be
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f779bd494f9521f89bfd4ce23953f3527341e9fd
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfbdev: metronomefb: fix potential memory leak in metronomefb_probe()\n\nThe memory allocated for pagerefs in fb_deferred_io_init() is not freed\non the error path. Fix it by calling fb_deferred_io_cleanup()."
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  "lastModified": "2026-08-17T06:18:30.140",
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  "vulnStatus": "Received"
}



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