CVE-2026-72268

CVE CVE-2026-72268EUVD EUVD-2026-59167Published 2026-08-15T05:54:53.000ZLast changed 2026-08-17T05:11:27.000Z

What the advisory describes

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: tdfxfb: fix potential memory leak in tdfxfb_probe() In tdfxfb_probe(), the memory allocated for modelist using fb_videomode_to_modelist() when CONFIG_FB_3DFX_I2C is defined, is not freed in the subsequent error paths. Fix that by calling fb_destroy_modelist().

Source: EUVD (ENISA), in the words of the advisory.

Products the advisory names

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Linux — Linux patch: 7.2; patch: 6.1.178; 215059d2421f95c30d1fca6ff31357fcae9f67dc <bb019d755366cc3e777a12d4bf457ff289837370; 215059d2421f95c30d1fca6ff31357fcae9f67dc <b039e0693df003c5baa1e89630344f92a78afb15; patch: 5.15.212; patch: 5.10.261; patch: 6.18.40; 215059d2421f95c30d1fca6ff31357fcae9f67dc <b7b26adc2718ca8f81ca75cd03aee94269d00e8a; 215059d2421f95c30d1fca6ff31357fcae9f67dc <2fd16a94bea5e0c3e93791436cf8a800b175762a; patch: 0; 215059d2421f95c30d1fca6ff31357fcae9f67dc <dfbb1a695d8891774c80c0e2a9192afb66469eb7; 215059d2421f95c30d1fca6ff31357fcae9f67dc <e1ca9b8559e0f5959228626bdeaae530a1ee0337; 215059d2421f95c30d1fca6ff31357fcae9f67dc <2199d70efc5bea0e9b4462a4f9e4c3d3c21c5d34; 215059d2421f95c30d1fca6ff31357fcae9f67dc <237611edf15172e4dc7fa9b3b71c2445602d3459; 2.6.30; patch: 7.1.5; patch: 6.12.97; patch: 6.6.145

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