CVE-2026-72268

CVE-2026-72268

published August 15, 2026

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
11.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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().

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00220 · 11.8th percentile
Published
2026-08-15T10:21Z
References (8)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2199d70efc5bea0e9b4462a4f9e4c3d3c21c5d34 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/237611edf15172e4dc7fa9b3b71c2445602d3459 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fd16a94bea5e0c3e93791436cf8a800b175762a · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b039e0693df003c5baa1e89630344f92a78afb15 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7b26adc2718ca8f81ca75cd03aee94269d00e8a · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb019d755366cc3e777a12d4bf457ff289837370 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfbb1a695d8891774c80c0e2a9192afb66469eb7 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1ca9b8559e0f5959228626bdeaae530a1ee0337 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 AUG 05:54Z
    fbdev: tdfxfb: fix potential memory leak in tdfxfb_probe()
    cvelistv5