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GHSA-F54J-V4G2-46JW

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-15 06:32 – Updated: 2026-08-15 06:32

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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().

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CVE-2026-72276 (GCVE-0-2026-72276)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 05:54 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:11

Title

fbdev: metronomefb: fix potential memory leak in metronomefb_probe()

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().

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard D 53/100 over 6856 records in the last 180 days details

References

7 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77e26383083c59a67…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f779bd494f9521f89…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01708cf3dca2f88ec…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d54bb39cd34f44b32…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6854cf33dddb212bd…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a889978ec44fe33ed…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/894632b862a39b3fe…

Impacted products

2 products

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Linux	Linux	Affected: 186b89659c4c67cccead52961eab0ca3b23951dc , < 77e26383083c59a67244fcf2e70eecd354451906 (git) Affected: 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31 , < f779bd494f9521f89bfd4ce23953f3527341e9fd (git) Affected: 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31 , < 01708cf3dca2f88eca26269521cbcc8e2f054ee4 (git) Affected: 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31 , < d54bb39cd34f44b32d5c4a8416fff8b01a9e76be (git) Affected: 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31 , < 6854cf33dddb212bd7c3d69189623876e7334075 (git) Affected: 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31 , < a889978ec44fe33edb3fb7140dcbbb8e6465c1cb (git) Affected: 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31 , < 894632b862a39b3fe1cb5de06fbae86225ea64de (git) Affected: 5.15.149 , < 5.15.212 (semver)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 5.19 Unaffected: 0 , < 5.19 (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.212 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.178 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.145 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.97 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.40 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.5 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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