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GHSA-WWC4-R33X-59M3

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: i740fb: fix potential memory leak in i740fb_probe()

In i740fb_probe(), the memory allocated in fb_videomode_to_modelist() for modelist is not freed in the error paths. Fix that by calling fb_destroy_modelist().

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CVE-2026-72271 (GCVE-0-2026-72271)

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

Title

fbdev: i740fb: fix potential memory leak in i740fb_probe()

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: i740fb: fix potential memory leak in i740fb_probe() In i740fb_probe(), the memory allocated in fb_videomode_to_modelist() for modelist is not freed in the error paths. 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/d3776b1bf9c100873…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ccf073cd4a2f783ad…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aebdbe61b3960cd22…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1ecbaeec5fbf0b0e…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c0cf89b74e7b8ebc…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/146b708bc75f1e6cf…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ede8fa708235c81a…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5936063409af230a2…

Impacted products

2 products

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Linux	Linux	Affected: 5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 , < d3776b1bf9c100873c7365bd31a67ed6caacbd82 (git) Affected: 5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 , < ccf073cd4a2f783adc40b04db3805dbddaaf9f31 (git) Affected: 5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 , < aebdbe61b3960cd22b8bb6e70e3d94fb3bbb202c (git) Affected: 5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 , < e1ecbaeec5fbf0b0e2d5810ec574f762d148771e (git) Affected: 5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 , < 3c0cf89b74e7b8ebc21a1542937c8e912d19f22b (git) Affected: 5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 , < 146b708bc75f1e6cf70df31195632c9946cb70fd (git) Affected: 5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 , < 2ede8fa708235c81ab18de14077f1a458bec7e22 (git) Affected: 5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6 , < 5936063409af230a2c88b8700c47b89a19fd70b5 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 3.4 Unaffected: 0 , < 3.4 (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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