CVE-2026-72269
fbdev: uvesafb: fix potential memory leak in uvesafb_probe()
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: uvesafb: fix potential memory leak in uvesafb_probe() Due to an incorrect goto label, memory allocated for modedb and modelist in uvesafb_vbe_init() is not freed in some error paths. Fix this by updating the goto label.
Timeline
- CVE published
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Affected versions
- Linux Linux
Version range not reported
- Linux Linux
2.6.24
References 8
git.kernel.org
- stable/c/f413512c79c2d0012c6ed486e4025e1489e6d443
- stable/c/61d46d6f5dc163aa5f3548633b5f392b021620ff
- stable/c/81985921e14f5b471fc0ffe990826d0bda52c0cf
- stable/c/c53fdf7ee65af1b9b4566cc437d3754ce7b47118
- stable/c/c606c28085a3106c91c6d37bbbbf97b451d572ce
- stable/c/12fe6a56506ed3bf0aaf6130a29102ce1fce62da
- stable/c/aa387a3e51808f580b51593e3c2f3d4703d91c1a
- stable/c/033e56fed09047ee63072e9f58789f40c1c7079d