CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-72275

Low risk· EPSS 11%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.21%

11th percentile - higher than 11% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the fbdev broadsheetfb driver has a potential memory leak in broadsheetfb_probe(). Memory allocated for pagerefs in fb_deferred_io_init() is not freed on the error path. The fix adds a call to fb_deferred_io_cleanup().

Risk Assessment

Memory leak can lead to gradual exhaustion of system resources, potentially causing performance degradation or crashes over time.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel update that fixes the broadsheetfb driver to free pagerefs memory on the error path.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: broadsheetfb: fix potential memory leak in broadsheetfb_probe() The memory allocated for pagerefs in fb_deferred_io_init() is not freed on the error path. Fix it by calling fb_deferred_io_cleanup().

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS