CVE-2026-72276

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72276
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-72276.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-72276
Downstream
Published
2026-08-15T05:54:58Z
Modified
2026-08-18T03:31:03Z
Summary
fbdev: metronomefb: fix potential memory leak in metronomefb_probe()
Details

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

fbdev: metronomefb: fix potential memory leak in metronomefb_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().

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72276.json"
}
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
186b89659c4c67cccead52961eab0ca3b23951dc
Fixed
77e26383083c59a67244fcf2e70eecd354451906
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
56c134f7f1b58be08bdb0ca8372474a4a5165f31
Fixed
f779bd494f9521f89bfd4ce23953f3527341e9fd
Fixed
01708cf3dca2f88eca26269521cbcc8e2f054ee4
Fixed
d54bb39cd34f44b32d5c4a8416fff8b01a9e76be
Fixed
6854cf33dddb212bd7c3d69189623876e7334075
Fixed
a889978ec44fe33edb3fb7140dcbbb8e6465c1cb
Fixed
894632b862a39b3fe1cb5de06fbae86225ea64de
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
5.15.149
Fixed
5.15.212

Affected versions

v5.*
v5.15.149
v5.15.150
v5.15.151
v5.15.152
v5.15.153
v5.15.154
v5.15.155
v5.15.156
v5.15.157
v5.15.158
v5.15.159
v5.15.160
v5.15.161
v5.15.162
v5.15.163
v5.15.164
v5.15.165
v5.15.166
v5.15.167
v5.15.168
v5.15.169
v5.15.170
v5.15.171
v5.15.172
v5.15.173
v5.15.174
v5.15.175
v5.15.176
v5.15.177
v5.15.178
v5.15.179
v5.15.180
v5.15.181
v5.15.182
v5.15.183
v5.15.184
v5.15.185
v5.15.186
v5.15.187
v5.15.188
v5.15.189
v5.15.190
v5.15.191
v5.15.192
v5.15.193
v5.15.194
v5.15.195
v5.15.196
v5.15.197
v5.15.198
v5.15.199
v5.15.200
v5.15.201
v5.15.202
v5.15.203
v5.15.204
v5.15.205
v5.15.206
v5.15.207
v5.15.208
v5.15.209
v5.15.210
v5.15.211

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-72276.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.15.212
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.178
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.19.0
Fixed
6.6.145
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.12.97
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.18.40
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
7.1.5

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-72276.json"