CVE-2026-72271

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72271
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-72271.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-72271
Downstream
Published
2026-08-15T05:54:55.203Z
Modified
2026-08-16T03:48:37.416072522Z
Summary
fbdev: i740fb: fix potential memory leak in i740fb_probe()
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

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

In i740fbprobe(), the memory allocated in fbvideomodetomodelist() for modelist is not freed in the error paths. Fix that by calling fbdestroymodelist().

Database specific
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72271.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
5350c65f4f15bbc111ffa629130d3f32cdd4ccf6
Fixed
d3776b1bf9c100873c7365bd31a67ed6caacbd82
Fixed
ccf073cd4a2f783adc40b04db3805dbddaaf9f31
Fixed
aebdbe61b3960cd22b8bb6e70e3d94fb3bbb202c
Fixed
e1ecbaeec5fbf0b0e2d5810ec574f762d148771e
Fixed
3c0cf89b74e7b8ebc21a1542937c8e912d19f22b
Fixed
146b708bc75f1e6cf70df31195632c9946cb70fd
Fixed
2ede8fa708235c81ab18de14077f1a458bec7e22
Fixed
5936063409af230a2c88b8700c47b89a19fd70b5

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-72271.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
3.4.0
Fixed
5.10.261
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.212
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.178
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.6.145
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.12.97
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.40
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.1.5

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-72271.json"