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GHSA-W6JH-456J-H9M3

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: uvesafb: fix potential memory leak in uvesafb_probe()

Due to an incorrect goto label, memory allocated for modedb and modelist in uvesafb_vbe_init() is not freed in some error paths. Fix this by updating the goto label.

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CVE-2026-72269 (GCVE-0-2026-72269)

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

Title

fbdev: uvesafb: fix potential memory leak in uvesafb_probe()

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: uvesafb: fix potential memory leak in uvesafb_probe() Due to an incorrect goto label, memory allocated for modedb and modelist in uvesafb_vbe_init() is not freed in some error paths. Fix this by updating the goto label.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

8 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f413512c79c2d0012…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61d46d6f5dc163aa5…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81985921e14f5b471…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c53fdf7ee65af1b9b…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c606c28085a3106c9…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12fe6a56506ed3bf0…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa387a3e51808f580…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/033e56fed09047ee6…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 8bdb3a2d7df48b861972c4bfb58490853a228f51 , < f413512c79c2d0012c6ed486e4025e1489e6d443 (git) Affected: 8bdb3a2d7df48b861972c4bfb58490853a228f51 , < 61d46d6f5dc163aa5f3548633b5f392b021620ff (git) Affected: 8bdb3a2d7df48b861972c4bfb58490853a228f51 , < 81985921e14f5b471fc0ffe990826d0bda52c0cf (git) Affected: 8bdb3a2d7df48b861972c4bfb58490853a228f51 , < c53fdf7ee65af1b9b4566cc437d3754ce7b47118 (git) Affected: 8bdb3a2d7df48b861972c4bfb58490853a228f51 , < c606c28085a3106c91c6d37bbbbf97b451d572ce (git) Affected: 8bdb3a2d7df48b861972c4bfb58490853a228f51 , < 12fe6a56506ed3bf0aaf6130a29102ce1fce62da (git) Affected: 8bdb3a2d7df48b861972c4bfb58490853a228f51 , < aa387a3e51808f580b51593e3c2f3d4703d91c1a (git) Affected: 8bdb3a2d7df48b861972c4bfb58490853a228f51 , < 033e56fed09047ee63072e9f58789f40c1c7079d (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 2.6.24 Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.24 (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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