CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-72272

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 radeon driver has a potential memory leak in radeonfb_pci_register(). The function allocates memory for modelist (via radeon_check_modes() which calls fb_add_videomode()). The memory is appended to info->modelist, but is not freed in subsequent error paths. The fix is to call fb_destroy_modelist().

Risk Assessment

Memory leak may lead to memory exhaustion, potentially causing system instability or crashes.

Recommendation

Apply the kernel patch that adds fb_destroy_modelist() call in error paths.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: radeon: fix potential memory leak in radeonfb_pci_register() The function radeonfb_pci_register() allocates memory for modelist (by calling radeon_check_modes() which calls fb_add_videomode()). The memory is appended to info->modelist, but is not freed in subsequent error paths. Fix this by calling fb_destroy_modelist().

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