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GHSA-FWM9-HCRX-HQMV

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

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fbdev: broadsheetfb: fix potential memory leak in broadsheetfb_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-2026-72275 (GCVE-0-2026-72275)

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

Title

fbdev: broadsheetfb: fix potential memory leak in broadsheetfb_probe()

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: broadsheetfb: fix potential memory leak in broadsheetfb_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 mitre root

References

7 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edc5a845108337d0c…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54a4cd11702d5e8bc…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ce94f9e3bfb37866…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07d2f9cb667c2f633…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8c9aae8c950869f6…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e818c397548cde68d…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d18a4e4234fd3ee0…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 186b89659c4c67cccead52961eab0ca3b23951dc , < edc5a845108337d0c167ab850fe9adfaea442975 (git) Affected: 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31 , < 54a4cd11702d5e8bcefc3b514e338955813993a1 (git) Affected: 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31 , < 4ce94f9e3bfb37866638e4b81e2c3d8f7470a12c (git) Affected: 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31 , < 07d2f9cb667c2f6331a483227c62d0a4a91ef42f (git) Affected: 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31 , < e8c9aae8c950869f65af8b9dd2f71f861ea6e433 (git) Affected: 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31 , < e818c397548cde68d64c6abf8be0a5f3e3eef7d1 (git) Affected: 56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31 , < 9d18a4e4234fd3ee0d0eed8ccbbb50cb76b2232c (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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CVE-2026-72275 (GCVE-0-2026-72275)

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