Bug 2516496 (CVE-2026-72276) - CVE-2026-72276 kernel: fbdev: metronomefb: fix potential memory leak in metronomefb_probe()
Summary: CVE-2026-72276 kernel: fbdev: metronomefb: fix potential memory leak in metro...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-72276
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:15 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-18 14:07 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:15:34 UTC
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().


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