CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-72269

Low risk· EPSS 12%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.21%

12th percentile - higher than 12% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the fbdev uvesafb driver has a 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. The fix is to update the goto label.

Risk Assessment

Memory leak may lead to reduced available memory, potentially affecting performance or stability.

Recommendation

Apply the kernel patch that corrects the goto label to ensure memory is freed.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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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