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GHSA-GVPR-JGGF-XW54

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: carminefb: fix potential memory leak in alloc_carmine_fb()

The memory allocated for modelist in fb_videomode_to_modelist() is not freed in the subsequent error path. Fix that by calling fb_destroy_modelist()

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CVE-2026-72267 (GCVE-0-2026-72267)

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

Title

fbdev: carminefb: fix potential memory leak in alloc_carmine_fb()

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: carminefb: fix potential memory leak in alloc_carmine_fb() The memory allocated for modelist in fb_videomode_to_modelist() is not freed in the subsequent error path. Fix that by calling fb_destroy_modelist()

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

8 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97b6c3f6e82a526d9…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6069044e74b7510bf…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b51990be8411335c2…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d21e6747f3f68dcce…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcc43b2f7410eddb2…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d81860691e4cfa14d…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dae8f6ddc35cb1673…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fcca16a2b19c37f6…

Impacted products

2 products

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Linux	Linux	Affected: 2ece5f43b041b96fa2a05107a10a6b0ea0c03a3b , < 97b6c3f6e82a526d95dcfbfcf1c42ba44c61c3d6 (git) Affected: 2ece5f43b041b96fa2a05107a10a6b0ea0c03a3b , < 6069044e74b7510bf2f034ccd049bc962fb9c765 (git) Affected: 2ece5f43b041b96fa2a05107a10a6b0ea0c03a3b , < b51990be8411335c263b51e9f4def1e84bfaa923 (git) Affected: 2ece5f43b041b96fa2a05107a10a6b0ea0c03a3b , < d21e6747f3f68dcce59b5d2205f98633d28f69eb (git) Affected: 2ece5f43b041b96fa2a05107a10a6b0ea0c03a3b , < bcc43b2f7410eddb21f73e9a650499a6432c9383 (git) Affected: 2ece5f43b041b96fa2a05107a10a6b0ea0c03a3b , < d81860691e4cfa14d596136ea2727f244e9e5950 (git) Affected: 2ece5f43b041b96fa2a05107a10a6b0ea0c03a3b , < dae8f6ddc35cb1673dba32d2fd8f1f85cd377adf (git) Affected: 2ece5f43b041b96fa2a05107a10a6b0ea0c03a3b , < 6fcca16a2b19c37f60693c56cbc0c923364ff3ef (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 2.6.27 Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.27 (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.261 , ≤ 5.10.* (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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