# CVE-2026-43202: fbdev: vt8500lcdfb: fix missing dma\_free\_coherent()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-05-06 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.7

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: vt8500lcdfb: fix missing dma_free_coherent() fbi->fb.screen_buffer is allocated with dma_alloc_coherent() but is not freed if the error path is reached.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a9bc60ed372aaae9784ff8ad8e5f496ff15fd31
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c3873cccb3fab54cde0605ae7093d332c99073e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/778f31be5b8c10024db23fdd8a05f68a02311008
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8c5d5f6cd66e032f9aefdcc21b0c34761aef78a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f47d5b9e8aa6178a0aaf225119ad1ec7d3f49876
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40c1ff25025150ff6d7ec7ad441fcfd6d070ee76
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cd2f988a8bd2da227f5c3cfa0cbf3a9a287ddc3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88b3b9924337336a31cefbe99a22ed09401be74a

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